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Nov242023 by PRNo Comments

Russell fastest in training with 10 rookies

George Russel set the fastest time in the first F1 practice session for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, which saw both Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton leave their cars to rookies. The teams used the first training session to meet the mandatory rookie quota, so we saw as many as ten young racers on the track. Russell thus set the fastest practice time, and Felipe Drugovich came closest to his lap time behind the wheel of Alonso's Aston Martin. Daniel Ricciardo was the third fastest racer, and the Australian was testing the innovations on the Alpha Tauri racing car, while Valtteri Bottas and Lance Stroll also entered the top five times.

Nov152023 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Lewis Hamilton in Fortnite

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The popular online game Fortnite has added a Lewis Hamilton "skin" to the skins available to players. Fortnite will welcome the F1 world champion skin to its game in the Icons Series collection, where rare skins from famous individuals, influencers, streamers such as Ariana Grande, LeBron James and Marshmello will be available. Fortnite announced Hamilton's arrival with a short video in which the Mercedes racer jumps through a mirror into the world of Fortnite and lands on an island dressed as a superhero. https://twitter.com/FortniteGame/status/1724804841057529980 How to get Lewis Hamilton skin in Fortnite? There will be two skins available, a fashion skin and a superhero skin, but it's still unclear when the skin will be available. But it is known that they will be players

Nov52023 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Hamilton gave up: We will definitely not win on Sunday

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Lewis Hamilton was hoping to even win his adopted home race before the start of the race weekend in Brazil, but after Saturday's sprint race, the Briton got down to earth and admitted that the change in the behavior of the W14 surprised him and that they had clearly chosen the wrong settings , due to which his tires quickly went flat in the sprint race. The Mercedes driver started the 24-lap sprint test very promisingly, but then started to lose places and eventually finished in seventh place, even behind Yuki Tsunoda in the Alpha Tauri. The Briton was visibly disappointed after the race, as he expected more from his appearance in Interlagos after the previous races in Austin and Mexico showed that Mercedes managed to improve the W14 race car. "After the last few races we were

Nov42023 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

New changes to the F1 sprint weekend

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F1 is considering new changes to the sprint weekends for the 2024 season, with qualifying sessions for the Sunday race and Saturday's sprint to be swapped. The format of the sprint weekends was already changed before this year's season, as last year the sprint race determined the starting order of the Sunday race, and this year the mini race got its qualifications instead of the second free practice, which took place on Saturday. So the sprint shootout qualifying and the sprint race are completely separate from the rest of the action during the race weekend, as on Friday the drivers qualify for Sunday's Grand Prix race, which according to Mercedes team boss, Toto Wolff, causes some confusion among spectators, in addition however, the teams are dissatisfied with the fact that after Friday's only t

Nov32023 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Russell penalized for obstructing the exit from the garages

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Mercedes driver George Russell has been penalized with the loss of two starting places in Sunday's Brazilian Grand Prix after failing to comply with the race director's instructions in qualifying. Russell thus became the first victim of the new rules for the behavior of racers on the export from the pits to the track. The new rules were adopted after qualifying for the Mexican GP, where Russell was one of several drivers who drove slowly and held back other drivers before taking to the track. Before the race in Brazil, the race director issued instructions to the racers that they should keep to the left side of the track exit to allow other racers to overtake them. Russell drove slowly during qualifying on the export road, hindering Pierre Gasly. In this case, slow driving was not controversial, but driving in the middle of the exit, because

October282023 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Hamilton was lied to: The settings made him faster

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After being disqualified from second place in the US Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton offered some excuses in the media, claiming that he gained nothing from the race itself due to a worn floorboard that led to his exclusion from the race results. But racing driver and F1 commentator on Sky TV, Danica Patrick, put the Briton on a realistic footing, saying that the settings that make the car ride lower to the ground give an advantage in any case. While Ferrari accepted the disqualification of Charles Leclerc for the same rules offence, the Mercedes camp blamed the elimination on the lack of track time from a single practice session in the sprint weekend format, as well as the bumpy track surface. Hamilton said that the bottom of the racing car does not bring a big advantage and even that it

October282023 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Hamilton surprised by the "completely different" behavior of the racing car in Mexico

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After falling just over two seconds short of winning the Austin Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton started seventh in Friday's practice session, three tenths of a second off Max Verstappen's time. The Briton was otherwise disqualified from second place in Austin as the bottom board of his car was worn too much, suggesting the car was set too low. Mercedes had hoped for an even better weekend in Mexico, but according to Hamilton, Friday's practice sessions were very demanding, as the car behaved completely differently than a week ago. "It's a challenging day for me because the car behaved completely differently than a week ago in Austin and we need to understand why," he said. "We have done very well on this track in the past, although it brings everything

October242023 by PRNo Comments

Was Hamilton's car faster because of illegal bottom wear?

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At the US Grand Prix in Austin, Mercedes used the new bottom of the racing car for the first time, which, according to Lewis Hamilton, brought a better feeling. But after Sunday's race, in which Hamilton finished around two seconds behind winner Max Verstappen, the FIA found excessive wear on the floorboard at a technical inspection, disqualifying the Mercedes driver. After the disqualification, the question arose whether the new bottom was "to blame" for the better shape of the W14 racing car, or just the settings that led to excessive wear of the board on the bottom and, as a result, elimination from the race classification. The Mercedes team confirmed that an error in the settings, which led to excessive wear of the board, could have hindered the better performance of the racing car, which was detected by Ham during the race weekend

October232023 by PRNo Comments

Mercedes: We have to accept our mistake!

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Toto Wolff, the boss of the Mercedes team, has admitted that they made a mistake that led to the disqualification of Lewis Hamilton from the final order of the F1 race in Austin. The Brit showed surprising form, finishing less than two and a half seconds behind winner Max Verstappen. But a random post-race technical inspection carried out by the FIA on the cars of Verstappen, Lando Norris, Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton showed that the bottom board of the car had been worn more than allowed, so the Mercedes driver was disqualified, so as well as Leclerc. "We can be satisfied with the shape of the car today," Wolff said first. "We don't like to come so close to the win and end up a hair short. But this is a track where a few races ago we wouldn't have been among the fastest

October232023 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc disqualified from the US Grand Prix!

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Lewis Hamilton was left without second place in the US Grand Prix after leading the race and fighting for victory all the way to the finish, as a technical inspection of the car showed that the bottom of the car was worn more than allowed. The same fate befell Ferrari's Charles Leclerc, and Lando Norris, whose bottom was also checked, advanced to second place and Carlos Sainz to third. Hamilton raced with a new floor this weekend and saw a significant improvement, then showed solid speed in the first leg of the US GP to finish just over two seconds behind winner Max Verstappen, but the floorboard of his car after the race was not was in accordance with the rules. The Mercedes and Ferrari teams checked the measurements of the FIA technicians and confirmed that they were