Mercedes will not allow deterioration in driver relations Mercedes F1 CEO and team principal Toto Wolff says that the early domination of Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton reminds him off previous inter-team battles. But says the team will not allow their relationship to “deteriorate” in the same way Hamilton and Nico Rosberg’s did. The German
Po Name Nat Team Time Points 1 Valtteri Bottas FIN Mercedes 01:31:52.942 25 2 Lewis Hamilton GBR Mercedes +00:01.524 18 3 Sebastian Vettel GER Ferrari +00:11.739 15 4 Max Verstappen DUT Red Bull – Honda +00:17.493 12 5 Charles Leclerc MON Ferrari +01:09.107 11 6 Sergio Perez Mendoza MEX Racing Point – Mercedes +01:13.416 8
Valtteri Bottas has retaken the lead of the championship after leading a fourth consecutive one-two for Mercedes at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. The Finn controlled the race from the very start to narrowly beat his Mercedes teammate. Bottas and Hamilton have made a brilliant start to the season, taking two wins and two podiums each
Po Name Nat Team Q1 Q2 Q3 1 Valtteri Bottas FIN Mercedes 01:42.026 01:41.500 01:40.495 2 Lewis Hamilton GBR Mercedes 01:41.614 01:41.580 01:40.554 3 Sebastian Vettel GER Ferrari 01:42.042 01:41.889 01:40.797 4 Max Verstappen DUT Red Bull – Honda 01:41.727 01:41.388 01:41.069 5 Sergio Perez Mendoza MEX Racing Point – Mercedes 01:42.249 01:41.870 01:41.593 6
Valtteri Bottas has beaten Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton by five-hundredths of a second to take pole in another crazy qualifying session for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. The Silver Arrows pulled out a lap putting themselves three tenths ahead of Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel. Mercedes had struggled this weekend to unlock the performance of the car and
The second practice was the only real running in Azerbaijan’s capital Baku after the Williams of George Russell brought FP1 to a very early end after hitting a loose drain cover. Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc outpaced teammate Sebastian Vettel by three-tenths of a second in second practice ahead of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. The Monacan avoided
Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc outpaced teammate Sebastian Vettel by three-tenths of a second in second practice ahead of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. The Monacan avoided much of the drama on track to finish three tenths faster than Vettel. After an on-track incident saw practice one abandoned teams got straight to work, but that led to a
Ferrari was the only team to set a time in the first practice session for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Charles Leclerc was two tenths faster than his teammate Sebastian Vettel. The session was red flagged twenty minutes into the session after the Williams of George Russell ran over a loose drain cover. The Englishman was
Mercedes play down undefeated start Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas are playing down the teams undefeated start to the season, both stressing that the car is not yet the easiest to drive. The German manufacturer has become the first team since 1992 to start the season with three consecutive one two’s, while their
Ferrari to bring “few upgrades” to Baku Ferrari is bringing their first “few updates” to the car for this weekend’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix as the team looks to close the gap to Mercedes. The Italian team has scored a best finish of third across the opening three races of the season because of a combination
