Wolff: Mercedes needs to be “careful” with F1 expectations

While Lewis Hamilton and George Russell’s third and fourth place finish matched previous season highs, the Montreal performance was the team’s most competitive race of the campaign in pure pace terms.
That has opened up talk of Mercedes being close to finally challenging pace-setters Red Bull and Ferrari, especially as F1 heads to high-speed and smooth circuits like Silverstone and Paul …Keep reading
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The wing choice that impacted Sainz’s top speed in Verstappen Canadian GP battle

However, the team only had enough spares for one driver to use it, and it was given to Charles Leclerc – not through favouritism but for practical reasons.
With the Maranello squad knowing he was starting from the back anyway, and wet qualifying clearly having a high chance of incident, it was felt that it was more sensible for Leclerc to have it.
That’s because if he had gone off and …Keep reading
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Ocon: Alpine “tried to play the team game” to help Alonso in F1 Canadian GP

Having started from the front-row, Alonso was running seventh when he began to struggle with an engine issue and his speed was compromised on the straights in the closing stages, making him vulnerable to the chasing Bottas.
Ocon ahead allowed Alonso to catch him in order to give him DRS and help him stay clear of the Alfa Romeo driver.
The plan worked and Alonso crossed the line in seventh …Keep reading
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Marko: Mercedes F1 push for FIA help on porpoising has “backfired”

In the wake of a push from a number of drivers, including Mercedes duo George Russell and Lewis Hamilton, asking the FIA to help address the extreme bouncing on safety grounds, the governing body moved into action ahead of the Canadian Grand Prix.
It issued a technical directive revealing plans to impose a vertical oscillating metric that would force teams to limit the bouncing of …Keep reading
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