‘Blind’ Mazepin suffered near miss with Hamilton
Nikita Mazepin offered to apologize to Lewis Hamilton after he nearly collided with the Mercedes driver in the…
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10 things we learned from F1’s 2021 Turkish Grand Prix
Formula 1’s return to Istanbul Park for 2021 may have lacked the slipping and sliding of last year, yet it provided another intriguing, strategy-filled race.
Valtteri Bottas scored his first win in over a year with a controlled display at the front of the pack in damp conditions, ensuring Max Verstappen never had a sniff of victory for Red Bull.
But Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton had a …Keep reading
Valtteri Bottas scored his first win in over a year with a controlled display at the front of the pack in damp conditions, ensuring Max Verstappen never had a sniff of victory for Red Bull.
But Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton had a …Keep reading
Mercedes: Ocon’s fall proved risk of keeping Hamilton out to the end
After seeing most of the frontrunning drivers pit with around 20 laps to go for a fresh set of intermediate tyres, Mercedes opted to keep Hamilton out as he felt his tyres were still in good enough shape.
The team considered keeping Hamilton out all the way to the end of the race, only to ultimately pit him with eight laps remaining after he started losing time to the cars chasing …Keep reading
The team considered keeping Hamilton out all the way to the end of the race, only to ultimately pit him with eight laps remaining after he started losing time to the cars chasing …Keep reading
Hamilton: Press making ‘too much’ of Turkish GP radio messages
Lewis Hamilton has rubbished rumors that he is furious with his Mercedes crew for its strategy call in…
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Vettel takes blame for Turkish GP dry tyre blunder
Sebastian Vettel held himself accountable for the disastrous dry tyre call that ruined his chances of scoring points…
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Pirelli doubts Hamilton could have finished without late Turkey F1 pitstop
Hamilton had staged a recovery from 11th on the grid to challenge for a podium finish in the wet Istanbul race, when his main rivals elected to stop for fresh intermediate rubber.
With the older tyres holding up well at that point, Hamilton elected to push on and ignore a call from his Mercedes pits to come in for a change.
However, the move ultimately backfired because the pace of the used …Keep reading
With the older tyres holding up well at that point, Hamilton elected to push on and ignore a call from his Mercedes pits to come in for a change.
However, the move ultimately backfired because the pace of the used …Keep reading
Red Bull: Mercedes straight-line speed like ‘driving with DRS’
Red Bull motorsport boss Helmut Marko says the impressive straight-line speed of Mercedes in Turkey was as if…
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F1 set to trial system of deleting double yellow flag lap times
A test could be undertaken as soon as the United States GP in Austin in a fortnight’s time.
At the moment drivers are expected to slow and not record a meaningful lap time when they pass double yellows.
That can occasionally lead to controversy, as happened with Fernando Alonso in qualifying at the Turkish GP.
The Spaniard entered a double yellow zone at the start of his first flying lap …Keep reading
At the moment drivers are expected to slow and not record a meaningful lap time when they pass double yellows.
That can occasionally lead to controversy, as happened with Fernando Alonso in qualifying at the Turkish GP.
The Spaniard entered a double yellow zone at the start of his first flying lap …Keep reading
Red Bull surprised at “significant” Mercedes F1 power boost
In the wake of Max Verstappen having no answer for the pace of Valtteri Bottas in the Turkish Grand Prix, Red Bull team boss Christian Horner thinks that the competitive picture between the two F1 title rivals has shifted in recent weeks.
Whereas Red Bull appeared to hold a pace advantage heading in to the summer break, he believes that the arrival of Mercedes’ latest specification of engines …Keep reading
Whereas Red Bull appeared to hold a pace advantage heading in to the summer break, he believes that the arrival of Mercedes’ latest specification of engines …Keep reading
Podcast: F1 Turkish GP review
After recovering from 11th on the grid after a grid penalty to run as high as third, Hamilton was called into the pits with eight laps to go as Mercedes feared he could fall down the order on a risky no-stop strategy.
PLUS: The hidden factors that thwarted Hamilton’s Turkish GP victory hopes
Hamilton ultimately finished fifth in Turkey, leaving him six points behind title rival Max …Keep reading
PLUS: The hidden factors that thwarted Hamilton’s Turkish GP victory hopes
Hamilton ultimately finished fifth in Turkey, leaving him six points behind title rival Max …Keep reading