Mercedes will prioritise attempts to get Esteban Ocon back into Formula 1 for the 2020 season ahead of a potential swoop for European F3 champion Mick Schumacher. It has been recently reported that Schumacher would favour a move into Ferrari’s junior programme ahead of Mercedes’. Schumacher’s reported decision may be somewhat influenced by Ocon’s 2019 plight, put […]
Toto Wolff believes that the record-breaking career of Lewis Hamilton has not received sufficient recognition. He explained his bemusement that the Briton’s achievements have attracted what he deems to be “negativity and envy” as much as they have drawn praise and accolades. Hamilton secured a fifth world drivers’ title in 2018, winning 11 of the […]
As a loyal partner to Ferrari, Shell Motorsport has worked for many years with Kimi Raikkonen who has now departed the Scuderia. The Dutch oil company paid a tribute to the Iceman as they followed Kimi on his last event for Shell. All has not been lost for the now Sauber driver however who received […]
Daniel Ricciardo says that he stopped caring about his Formula 1 statistics in comparison to Red Bull teammate Max Verstappen, in a season plagued with reliability issues. Ricciardo, who will move to Renault in 2019, scored two wins early on in the season, in China and Monaco respectively but the rest of his season was marred […]
Toto Wolff says Michael Schumacher “is always our thoughts” and has hailed the Formula One icon one of the “founding fathers” of Mercedes’ recent success. The German giants won a fifth successive Constructors’ Championship crown in 2018. And in an interview celebrating their success, Wolff heaped praise on the seven-time world champion. “Michael is always present in my […]
Red Bull motorsport advisor Dr Helmut Marko has explained the departure of Toro Rosso’s technical director James Key, who will make the switch to McLaren later next season, as Marko revealed Key didn’t share the vision of Toro Rosso. Marko did manage to delay the departure of Key as he won’t leave until the end […]
Mercedes boss, Toto Wolff was left surprised when he found out world champion, Lewis Hamilton was testing motorbikes. Wolff revealed he was unaware Hamilton was testing a Yamaha R4 on December 1st at the Jerez de la Frontera circuit alongside Michael Van de Mark and Alex Lowes, both IWATA centaur Superbike instructors. The Englishman was enthusiastic following the tests and […]
