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Damon Hill thinks Daniel Ricciardo’s strong showing at Austin may have stemmed from the driver’s love of all things American.

Franz Tost does not mind which driver brings home points if it leads to AlphaTauri finishing fifth in the Constructors' World Championship.

Petronas like Mercedes' driver line-up of Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas, especially their "fairly clean" reputations.

Sergio Perez believes this summer’s Austrian double-header provides an ideal chance to accelerate his learning of the Red Bull car.

Hamilton learns from ‘crappy days’ like Monaco Date published: May 26 2021 Lewis Hamilton has described how Mercedes will regroup after one of their rare “crappy days” at the Monaco Grand Prix. A weekend that threatened disappointment for the consecutive seven-time World Champions after qualifying duly materialised on Sunday as Hamilton could finish only seventh, while Valtteri Bottas had to retire as the result of a botched pit-stop. Hamilton expressed frustration at his strategy over...

Lando Norris admits he has no sympathy for the early struggles his team-mate Daniel Ricciardo has been enduring at McLaren.

McLaren pinpoint area to gain edge on Ferrari Date published: May 11 2021 McLaren team principal Andreas Seidl is targeting qualifying as an area where his drivers can gain a vital edge on their Ferrari rivals. Four races into the 2021 season, it looks increasingly as though McLaren and Ferrari will be the protagonists in a battle for third place in the Constructors’ World Championship. For McLaren, that would mean cementing the position they achieved last year, while for Ferrari it would be...

18 April, 2021 Ferrari’s 2020 year was a difficult one. Very difficult. The traditional Maranello team won a mere three podiums – two with Charles Leclerc and one with Sebastian Vettel – and bittered sixth in the Constructors’ World Championship. The scenario for this year is also not favourable and we will hardly see one of their drivers finish in the first position. Things may change in 2022, but, since there is still time until there, we prepared an article with the most successful d...

Mercedes ‘to sort issues within three races’ Date published: April 8 2021 Alpine boss Marcin Budkowski senses Mercedes will bridge their performance gap to Red Bull over the next few races. Mercedes gained what was perhaps a fortuitous victory in the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix when Sir Lewis Hamilton edged out Max Verstappen, who appeared to have the faster car. That was certainly borne out in qualifying, when Verstappen put his Red Bull on pole position by 0.388sec, and Hamilton’...

‘McLaren are getting back in the winning mood’ Date published: April 1 2021 Gerhard Berger thinks McLaren have the right personnel in place, both drivers and management, to ensure they can return to a “winning mood”. The 61-year-old Austrian raced for McLaren from 1990-92, alongside Ayrton Senna, in between his two spells at Ferrari and won three races for the Woking-based constructor. That was back in the days when McLaren were at the very top of Formula 1 and in Berger’s first two ...