Mercedes believes kerb strike damaged Hamilton's floor
Hamilton’s pace in the Formula 1 season opener last weekend was hampered by damage to the rear of his floor, which cost him downforce and […]
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Mercedes find culprit for Hamilton floor damage
Lewis Hamilton Mercedes find culprit for Hamilton floor damage Mercedes believe that a trip over kerbs at Albert Park was responsible for causing the floor […]
Mercedes blame kerb for Hamilton’s floor damage
Date published: March 21 2019 Mercedes strategist James Vowles believes a kerb was to blame for floor damage sustained by Lewis Hamilton at the Australian […]
Mercedes reveals extent of Hamilton's car damage
In Mercedes first Pure Pitwall video of the season, chief strategist James Vowles admits that Lewis Hamilton did a “fantastic job” in fending off Max […]
Mercedes explains why it didn’t take risk of pitting Bottas | 2019 Australian Grand Prix
Valtteri Bottas didn’t pit for a fresh set of tyres to aid his effort to score the bonus point for fastest lap at the end […]
Mercedes turned Netflix away because Ferrari did
Date published: March 20 2019 Team principal Toto Wolff says one of the reasons the team refused to feature in Netflix’s ‘drive to survive was […]
Mercedes boss puts Ferrari showing down to set-up mistake
The Mercedes lead at the start of the Australian Grand Prix Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has attributed Ferrari’s poor showing in the Formula 1 Rolex […]
Mercedes and Ferrari make same tyre selections for Bahrain | 2019 Bahrain Grand Prix
Pirelli has confirmed the teams’ tyre selection for the Bahrain Grand Prix. Every team bar Williams has selected at least nine sets of the soft […]
Mercedes opted out of Netflix F1 series because Ferrari did | 2019 F1 season
Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has explained why the team did not participate in the recent Netflix Formula 1 series, “Drive to Survive”. While most […]
Mercedes not opposed to budget cap – Wolff
Mercedes is not opposed to the introduction of a budget cap in formula one. Earlier, based on an interview in Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung that was […]
Mercedes won’t discount Ferrari despite Aus woes
Date published: March 19 2019 Mercedes trounced Ferrari at the Australian Grand Prix, taking an uncontested race win, however, no one at the team is […]
Mercedes still opposed to budget cap – Wolff
Toto Wolff has renewed Mercedes’ opposition to plans for team budget caps in 2021. In Melbourne, FIA president Jean Todt said preparations for “cost control” […]
Mercedes discovers damage to Hamilton's floor
Keen to understand why his pace was so poor during today’s Australian Grand Prix, the answer may have been discovered around an hour after the […]
Australian GP: Race team notes – Mercedes
Valtteri took his fourth career victory today – his first in Australia and first of the 2019 season. Lewis finished in second place, completing a […]
Mercedes discovers floor damage on Hamilton's car
Hamilton was left chasing answers after the Formula 1 season opener in Melbourne as to why he could not match teammate Valtteri Bottas – who […]
Mercedes discover floor damage on Hamilton’s car
Date published: March 17 2019 Mercedes have confirmed Lewis Hamilton’s car had floor damage during the Australian Grand Prix. After landing a sixth successive pole […]
Mercedes ready for ‘big fight’ with Red Bull-Honda
Date published: March 17 2019 Such has been Honda’s improvement over the winter that Toto Wolff says Mercedes need to be prepared for a “big […]
Netflix series would have been “distraction” for Mercedes
Mercedes and Ferrari were the only two teams not to open their doors for extensive behind the scenes filming, and Wolff conceded that the decision […]
Vettel “surprised” by gap to Mercedes
Any lingering thoughts, following yesterday’s practice sessions, that Ferrari was sandbagging, were subsequently dispelled by the Italian team itself. While almost all the teams had […]
Vettel rejects Mercedes testing ‘bulls**t’
Sebastian Vettel has denounced Mercedes’ pre-season declarations as “bulls**t”. Heading into the 2019 season opener, Mercedes gave the strong impression that Ferrari was the favourite. […]
Mercedes: Red Bull “very different” after “huge” Honda step
Max Verstappen split the Ferrari drivers in the first qualifying session for Red Bull-Honda’s new partnership, and will start the season-opening Australian Grand Prix from […]
Australian GP: Qualifying team notes – Mercedes
Lewis claimed his 84th Formula One pole position – his first of the 2019 season and eighth at Albert Park. Valtteri will start tomorrow’s Australian […]
Mercedes “shocked, blown away” by gap to Ferrari
Hamilton edged Bottas by just over a tenth to steal pole at the end of a frantic first shootout of the season in Melbourne, with […]
Horner: Mercedes ‘miles ahead of everyone’
Date published: March 16 2019 Despite their lofty ambitions, Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has now said that a second row start was “the […]
Mercedes drivers “blown away” by car’s improvement | 2019 Australian Grand Prix
Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas say they did not expect to qualify so far ahead of Ferrari for the Australian Grand Prix. The […]
Australian GP: Hamilton leads Mercedes front row lock-out
Teammate Valtteri Bottas held an advantage of 0.457s after the first runs in Q3, but Hamilton turned the tables with his second set of softs […]
Mercedes stamps advantage in Melbourne qualifying
By Steven De Groote on 16 Mar 2019, 09:07 Mercedes had put an end to doubts that the team might struggle to beat Ferrari. As […]
Vettel: Mercedes ‘in a league of their own’
Sebastian Vettel Sebastian Vettel has claimed Mercedes were in a league of their own in Friday practice at the Australian Grand Prix. The Ferrari driver’s […]
Are Mercedes, Ferrari or Red Bull sandbagging? They all are | 2019 Australian Grand Prix Friday practice analysis
As usual in the first practice sessions for the new Formula 1 it was a case of sandbags at dawn. “It’s only really when everybody […]
