Mercedes felt like it had “ghost in the car”, says Hamilton

After struggling to overcome early-season porpoising problems, Mercedes faced a number of false dawns with its W13 when it appeared that updates had resolved the majority of their issues.
Encouraging weekends in Spain, Silverstone and Hungary were all followed by disappointments, prior to the squad finally making a breakthrough at the United States Grand Prix.
In an interview published by …Keep reading

Aston Martin: No disadvantage taking customer Mercedes F1 engine

Team owner Lawrence Stroll has ambitions to challenge for the world championship in the coming years, which would mean beating the works Mercedes team with the same engine.
Traditionally top teams prefer to be in charge of their own destiny by having control over power unit development and the capability for the engineers to work closely with the chassis department.
Stroll has hinted in the …Keep reading

Williams: “Unfair” to keep F1 seat hopefuls hanging on after deciding on Sargeant

Williams team principal Jost Capito revealed over the United States Grand Prix weekend that Formula 2 driver Sargeant would be getting a race seat for next year, so long as he gained the required FIA superlicence points.
It left Sargeant facing pressure to get over the 40-point threshold with his F2 results in the final round in Abu Dhabi, but he did enough to clinch fourth place in the …Keep reading