Valtteri Bottas was left fuming over the Mercedes team radio during the French Grand Prix, after losing his second-placed position to Max Verstappen in the latter part of the race, after Red Bull opted for a two stop strategy. Bottas was heard shouting to his engineer “Why the f*** does nobody listen to me when I say it’s going to […]

Mercedes admit they have “lots to learn” after missing out on victory to Red Bull in the French Grand Prix. The seven-time world champions lost further ground in the championship after losing out on strategy to Max Verstappen, who won despite making an extra stop for tyres than Lewis Hamilton. “Lots to learn because we need to understand [what happened],” […]

Max Verstappen was fastest in practice for the French Grand Prix Max Verstappen held off Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton to finish fastest in second practice for the French Grand Prix. Verstappen, who holds a four-point lead over title rival Hamilton ahead of Sunday’s race, edged out Bottas by just eight thousandths of a second. Bottas’ Mercedes team-mate Hamilton finished […]

Lewis Hamilton is worried for the safety of the British public following what he called a ‘premature’ decision to allow 140,000 fans to watch next month’s grand prix at Silverstone. Circuit organisers have been given the green light to sell out for the entire July 16-18 weekend, paving the way for the biggest UK crowd since the start of the […]

Lewis Hamilton finished second in qualifying for Sunday’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix Ahead of the Styrian Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton is setting his sights on closing the gap at the top of the World Drivers’ Championship. Max Verstappen hunted Hamilton down at the French Grand Prix to take the chequered flag and extend his championship lead over the Briton to 12 […]

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff says there are “no stumbling blocks” in talks with Lewis Hamilton over a new contract for the seven-time world champion beyond this season. Hamilton revealed on Thursday in Austria that he had started discussions to extend his nine-season stay at F1’s world champions, describing early talks with Wolff as “light-hearted”. The Mercedes team principal sounded similarly […]

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Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen’s dramatic world title race is set to take another twist at the French Grand Prix today. An incident-packed race in Baku last time out may not have altered the top of the drivers championship standings, but it followed the tone of what has been an entertaining battle so far between the Mercedes and Red Bull […]

Lewis Hamilton believes Red Bull are “just too quick now” with Mercedes needing to respond to their rivals’ step forward in pace after losing out to Max Verstappen in the French GP. On a topsy-turvy and tense afternoon at Paul Ricard which saw the championship’s top two switch position four times, Hamilton was ultimately overtaken by Verstappen on the penultimate […]

SPIELBERG, Austria (AFP, Reuters) – World Championship leader Max Verstappen of Red Bull produced the quickest lap in qualifying on Saturday (June 26) to claim pole position for the Styrian Grand Prix. Mercedes’ Valterri Bottas was second quickest but drops to fifth on the grid because of a three-place penalty imposed on Friday, leaving teammate Lewis Hamilton to start on […]