Mercedes
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Mercedes ‘hanging on for dear life’ with engine
Toto Wolff has admitted Mercedes are “hanging on for dear life” with the engine supply to their customer teams, let alone themselves.
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Mercedes mulling over more Hamilton engine changes
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has said the team are having ongoing discussions about making more engine changes to Lewis Hamilton’s car.
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Wolff calls out ‘bull****’ questions about Mercedes engine
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has said reporters are being “fed with a lot of bull****” about recent changes or upgrades to their engines.
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Horner discusses Mercedes ‘device’ to lower W12
Christian Horner is convinced Mercedes are using a special “device” that has increased their straight-line speed.
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FP1: Mercedes fire early warning shot to Red Bull
Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton topped FP1 in Austin, and ended the session almost a full second faster than Max Verstappen in third.
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Hamilton says Max relationship ‘no different for me’
Lewis Hamilton says his relationship with Max Verstappen is “no different” to last year, or the year before.
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‘Lauda had lunch with Marko… Fires were put out there’
Jack Plooij thinks the influence of Niki Lauda was what kept the clashes between Toto Wolff and Christian Horner under control in the past.
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Mercedes ‘can live with’ Hamilton’s points loss in Turkey
Toto Wolff says that after Lewis Hamilton lost points to Max Verstappen in Turkey, the deficit is mostly offset by what the Red Bull driver lost in Russia.
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Mercedes on title fight: ‘We have nothing more to prove’
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff says his team want to stretch their records further, but they no longer have anything to prove.
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Mercedes and Petronas both dismiss Aramco rumours
Mercedes and Petronas have both denied rumours that Mercedes are to align with Aramco as their new title sponsor.
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Red Bull continuing to ask FIA about Mercedes gains
Red Bull are not about to give up on pushing for answers to Mercedes’ perceived power gains, according to a report.
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Mercedes orders, van der Linde have ‘damaged’ DTM
DTM boss Gerhard Berger admits that Mercedes and Kelvin van der Linde tarnished the series with their actions at the season finale.
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Allison hails Bottas’ ‘majestic’ Turkey performance
Valtteri Bottas won the Turkish GP in dominant fashion, a performance described as “majestic” by Mercedes chief technical director James Allison.
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Mercedes: ‘More than just speed’ that will decide titles
Mercedes’ James Allison has said it will not solely be down to engine power that decides where the silverware will end up going.
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Marko does not suspect ‘illegal’ Mercedes activity
While Mercedes’ blistering straight-line speed in Turkey remains a mystery to Red Bull, they do not suspect foul play from their rivals.
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Mercedes ‘reassured’ by pace in battling Red Bull
Mercedes trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin says the team are “reassured” that they’ve been able to out-pace Red Bull of late.
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Hamilton could take another engine penalty, says Wolff
Toto Wolff says there’s a chance Lewis Hamilton will have to take another engine penalty before the end of the season.
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Allison explains why Hamilton only took a new ICE in Turkey
James Allison has explained Lewis Hamilton only took on a new ICE in Turkey because that was the one part Mercedes were worried about.
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Verstappen expecting ‘good battle’ with Mercedes in Austin
Mercedes may be the favourites in Austin, but Max Verstappen is confident Red Bull will be able to challenge them there.
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Wolff: DNFs, not ‘three or five-point swings,’ will decide title fight
Toto Wolff believes that retirements rather than “three or five-point swings” will determine who prevails in the title fight.
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Mercedes upping Russell collaboration over the autumn
Mercedes will “slowly but surely” begin working more George Russell, but Toto Wolff concedes the Brit’s priority must be Williams.
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McLaren still feel podium challenges are ‘track specific’
Daniel Ricciardo is not yet ready to declare that McLaren can compete at the front with Mercedes and Red Bull at every track.
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Merc: Hamilton would’ve finished P7 or P8 with no stop
James Allison says, according to Mercedes data, Lewis Hamilton would have finished in P7 or P8 in Turkey if he didn’t pit.
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Wolff reiterates difficult for Hamilton to make tyre call
奔驰的老板托托沃尔夫认为,刘易斯哈密lton was not in the ideal position to decide on his strategy at the Turkish Grand Prix.
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Brawn: It was for Mercedes to tell Hamilton that to do
Ross Brawn says while teams may want to back off when a driver doesn’t agree, it is up to the team to tell him what to do.
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‘Do Mercedes have right man in that seat next year?’
After a “faultless” GP from Valtteri Bottas, Kees van de Grint wonders if Mercedes have the “right man” for the job for 2022.
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‘Unusual noises’ coming from Mercedes engines
Toto Wolff admitted “unusual noises” have been coming from Mercedes power units when their mileage increases significantly.
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Hamilton was at ‘risk’ of losing ‘two places, if not more’
Andrew Shovlin believes Lewis Hamilton was at risk of losing at least two places in the final laps in Turkey if he didn’t pit.
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Button thinks Hamilton suffered from lack of information
Jenson Button feels Mercedes’ biggest mistake in Turkey was not clearly explaining to Lewis Hamilton that he was going to lose positions when he pitted.
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Bottas not being blocked from Mercedes meetings
He may be leaving at the end of the season, but Valtteri Bottas isn’t being blocked from any Mercedes meetings as far as he’s aware.
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