The team had a disastrous Sunday afternoon in Melbourne terms of the F1 world championship, failing to score any points, as Charles Leclerc retired on the first lap after contact with Lance Stroll and Carlos Sainz tumbled from fourth to 12th place after taking a five-second penalty for causing a collision with Fernando Alonso. Despite […]
After rival Aston Martin emerged as Red Bull’s main threat in the Bahrain and Saudi Arabian Grands Prix, it was Mercedes that took the challenge to F1’s current pacesetter in Melbourne. George Russell secured a spot on the front row and led the early stages ahead of the first safety car period, while Lewis Hamilton […]
After the Saudi Arabian GP, the team announced that technical director James Key had left and that a new arrangement had been put in place headed by three technical directors, namely Peter Prodromou (aerodynamics), Davide Sanchez (car concept and performance) and Neil Houldey (engineering and design). Brown says that the changes were motivated by the […]
Asencio will head up the team’s commercial and marketing operations from New York, starting on 10 April, as the squad looks to grow its financial activities following the takeover by Dorilton Capital in August 2020. The American’s CV includes five years as UFC’s senior vice president for global partnerships, where he was responsible for all […]
From Baku onwards, the first of six sprints this year, teams have discussed a format change in which the sprint event and the grand prix each have their own qualifying sessions. The new format, which is yet to be finalised, has received universal backing as it means the sprint will no longer impact the main […]
Morbidelli enjoyed his best weekend since early 2021 last week at Rio Hondo, after qualifying fourth and finishing in that position in both the sprint race and the grand prix. It marked his best results as a factory Yamaha rider, with the 2020 championship runner-up struggling throughout 2022 in his first full season with the […]
The Austrian first arrived in F1 as a Williams shareholder in 2009, before becoming team principal and co-owner of Mercedes from 2013. He then helped lead the German manufacturer to a run of eight consecutive constructors’ championships from 2014 to 2021, with Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg taking seven drivers’ titles in that period. However, Wolff […]
Hamilton noted at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix that he didn’t “feel connected” to the car, and prior to the Australian GP he elaborated by suggesting the car’s cockpit is too far forward, affecting his feel for the steering. Allison says Mercedes will take advantage of the gap in the schedule before the Azerbaijan GP […]
After Max Verstappen headed a dominant Red Bull 1-2 over Sergio Perez in the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix, while Mercedes chalked fifth and seventh place, Russell said that he expected the Milton Keynes team to “win every single race this season”. But Mercedes’ enjoyed a notable jump in performance in Australia after using practice to […]
The Melbourne race descended into controversy as a total of four red flags and three standing starts disrupted proceedings as the field finished in a procession behind the safety car. Many felt that the decision to restart the race on lap 56 with a standing start to tee up a two-lap shootout encouraged a spate […]