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  1. Paul Jeffrey

    Mercedes Unveil Significant Upgrades in Spain

    Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes Formula One team are looking to return to the top of the Grand Prix field in Barcelona with a number of innovative new design features coming on stream in Spain. Gone for this Grand Prix is the experimental longer wheelbase W08, replaced by a slightly shorter version...
  2. Paul Jeffrey

    Hamilton Struggles to Continue in Spain?

    Lewis Hamilton could be in for another torrid time at Barcelona as Mercedes boss Totto Wolff suggests the team are still hard at work looking into the recent struggles for #44. "Lewis had a difficult weekend in both qualifying and the race," Wolff admitted when speaking about the last event in...
  3. Paul Jeffrey

    Valtteri Bottas - Mercedes Support Driver or Equal Footing With Hamilton?

    With a shaky start to the 2017 season and a recent team order to allow Hamilton past at Bahrain, do you think Mercedes are looking for Bottas to act in a supporting role this season? The level of competition at the front of the Formula One field in 2017 is arguably the strongest it's been since...
  4. Bethonie Waring

    Will Ferrari really challenge Mercedes this season?

    Ferrari may have knocked Mercedes off of its pedestal in the first race of the season, but will it be able to consistently challenge the Silver Arrows this year? Sebastian Vettel took the race win in Australia after a strategic error saw Lewis Hamilton stuck behind Max Verstappen after the pit...
  5. Bethonie Waring

    Australian Grand Prix Reaction: Race Report

    Sebastian Vettel wins the first race of the 2017 season after a strategy mistake for Mercedes cost Lewis Hamilton the lead of the race. There had been plenty of talk of Vettel possibly taking Hamilton on the run up to the first corner, but the Brit kept control of the race throughout the first...
  6. Bethonie Waring

    Aus GP: Hamilton on Pole

    Lewis Hamilton will start the first race of the 2017 season on pole after beating Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel by in 0.268s qualifying. After topping the final free practice session in the morning, Vettel split the two Mercedes drivers. Valtteri Bottas will start the race third after a “scrappy”...
  7. Bethonie Waring

    Aus GP: Hamilton Top Again In FP2

    Lewis Hamilton again topped the times with a time about half a second faster than teammate Valtteri Bottas in the second free practice session. Ferrari’s pace returned after a disappointing first free practice session, with Sebastian Vettel actually splitting the two Mercedes drivers and...
  8. Bethonie Waring

    Aus GP: Hamilton Tops Free Practice 1

    Mercedes topped the times in the first free practice session of 2017 as Ferrari’s pre-season testing pace appears to have disappeared. There had been hope after a strong preseason testing and Lewis Hamilton trying to insist Ferrari were the fastest, that the Italian team would be able to...
  9. Bethonie Waring

    Bottas won't be a "second" driver

    Being the dominant team in Formula One comes with some disadvantages, not least of all the tension between your drivers getting a little too much to handle. That’s a problem Mercedes have been trying to find a solution to over the past three years. The team want the battle on track, but keeping...
  10. Bethonie Waring

    Hamilton expects a battle with Ferrari and Red Bull

    Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton expects to have a “serious battle” with Ferrari and Red Bull in Melbourne. The reigning teams’ champion may have entered preseason testing favourites, but it was Ferrari to finish the eight days at Barcelona with the top two dimes, with Hamilton coming in in fourth...
  11. Bethonie Waring

    Raikkonen Tops "Wet Weather Test"

    Kimi Raikkonen tops the final day of the first preseason test, with Pirelli’s “wet weather” testing leading to a quieter day. The track in sunny Spain was artificially flooded overnight (apparently with water from a nearby pig farm) in order to allow teams to simulate wet weather running and...
  12. Paul Jeffrey

    Have Your Say: Who do YOU want to win the Championship in Abu Dhabi?

    With a Formula One World Drivers Championship up for grabs this weekend at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, who would you most like to see life the championship trophy at the end of the race? It's down to two drivers, Nico Rosberg is looking to take his first World Championship and Lewis Hamilton his...
  13. Paul Jeffrey

    Hamilton Suffers Belgian Grand Prix Engine Woes

    As Nico Rosberg and then Max Verstappen stormed to the top of the timesheets during Fridays running at the Belgian Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton suffered yet more engine woes, his Mercedes team have confirmed the Briton has incurred a whopping 30 place penalty due to changes to his AMG Mercedes...

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