Mercedes believes unrealistic to claim clean sweep Mercedes believes it’s unrealistic for them to win all twenty-one races this season, despite the team starting the season with five consecutive one-two finishes. The German manufacturer has won the last five drivers and constructors championship and has responded well to the aero tweaks this season as well
Mercedes test driver Nikita Mazepin was fastest on the final day of testing at the Circuit de Catalunya – Barcelona. The Russian set a 15.7 in his first outing in the teams 2019 car, setting a time two tenths slower than Valtteri Bottas managed on Tuesday. Mazepin completed a series of performance runs during the
Formula One returned to Europe for the last race which is always a key race for all the teams as they bring the first major upgrades of the season and where Ferrari was expected to kick start their season. However, the race was another Mercedes one-two the fifth of the season. As the weekend unfolded
Valtteri Bottas continued to set the pace on the first day of the third test at the Circuit de Barcelona – Catalunya. The Mercedes driver was a tenth slower than his pole position time from qualifying but maintained his huge margin over Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc. Bottas’s fastest time was set on the C5 compound of
Formula One has confirmed that its to return to the Dutch seaside. Town of Zandvoort for the first time since 1985 next season, the circuit was one of the key European races in the first four decades of the world championship. Zandvoort is forty minutes away from the capital Amsterdam, the reason behind the circuit’s
Po Name Nat Team Time Points 1 Lewis Hamilton GBR Mercedes 01:35:50.443 25 2 Valtteri Bottas FIN Mercedes +00:04.074 18 3 Max Verstappen DUT Red Bull – Honda +00:07.679 15 4 Charles Leclerc MON Ferrari +00:09.167 12 5 Pierre Gasly FRA Red Bull Racing – Honda +00:13.361 10 6 Kevin Magnussen DEN Haas – Ferrari
Lewis Hamilton has beaten his Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas to take his third back to back win at the Spanish Grand Prix. The five times champion got past his teammate at the start to lead the race into the first corner before pulling away from the Finn. It was one of Hamilton’s lighting starts to
Po Name Nat Team Q1 Q2 Q3 1 Valtteri Bottas FIN Mercedes 01:16.979 01:15.924 01:15.406 2 Lewis Hamilton GBR Mercedes 01:17.292 01:16.038 01:16.040 3 Sebastian Vettel GER Ferrari 01:17.425 01:16.667 01:16.272 4 Max Verstappen DUT Red Bull – Honda 01:17.244 01:16.726 01:16.357 5 Charles Leclerc MON Ferrari 01:17.388 01:16.714 01:16.588 6 Pierre Gasly FRA Red
Valtteri Bottas has beaten his Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton by over half a second to take pole position for the Spanish Grand Prix. The Finn set his fastest time early on to secure his third pole of the season, as drivers struggled to improve on their final runs in Q3. Bottas was in great form
Mercedes Valtteri Bottas set the pace in both of the practice sessions ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix. He was a tenth faster in FP1 ahead of Sebastian Vettel and in FP2 he was four-hundredths of a second faster teammate Lewis Hamilton. Mercedes lead the way Valtteri Bottas has set the pace throughout practice
