With George Russell banging on Toto Wolff’s door, Valtteri Bottas is determined to “try to prevent” a driver change at Mercedes. Bottas went head-to-head with Russell at the recent Sakhir Grand Prix when the Mercedes protégé was called up to replace Lewis Hamilton who had tested positive for Covid-19. Russell won the battle. Although he […]
The last weekend of the GP was exceptional, with Roman Grosjean and Lewis Hamilton missing in isolation, suffering from COVID-19. We welcomed two debutants, Fittipaldi and Aitken. The seven-time world champion was replaced by George Russell, who moved from the worst car in the field to the best. All the fans waited for the first […]
There were tears of joy as he took his first win in Formula One, while George Russell put in the drive of his F1 career only for victory to be snatched from his grasp through no fault of his own. He, too, admitted that the tears briefly flowed, but his were tainted by bitter disappointment. […]
Valtteri Bottas edged Mercedes new boy George Russell to pole position at the Sakhir Grand Prix. The Finn was just 0.026 seconds quicker than Russell, driving for Mercedes for the first time as a stand-in for Lewis Hamilton, who has coronavirus. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen was just 0.03secs behind Russell in third place. And there […]
George Russell’s fairytale week continued after he posted the fastest time in opening practice for the Sakhir Grand Prix. The British driver, who is racing Lewis Hamilton’s world championship winning Mercedes, finished 0.176 seconds clear of Red Bull driver Max Verstappen, with team-mate Valtteri Bottas fourth. Hamilton has been ruled out of the penultimate round […]
Son of seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher stepping up from F2 next season, where he could clinch the title this weekend; Mick Schumacher signs multi-year deal and will be team-mate to Nikita Mazepin in all-new Haas rookie line-up. The long-awaited announcement means the Schumacher name is returning to F1 after a nine-year absence. Mick’s father […]