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Lewis Hamilton edged Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas by 0.069s at the top of the timesheet in the opening practice session ahead of the Formula 1 French Grand Prix. The Paul Ricard circuit started the weekend low on grip, as several drivers suffered significant tyre graining early in the session on the red-marked soft tyre. Mercedes […]
Lewis Hamilton inherited victory at the Canadian Grand Prix after Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel, who finished first on track, was handed a five-second time penalty for unsafely rejoining the circuit. Vettel started from pole and retained the lead throughout the opening stint. Mercedes’ Hamilton was close behind in second. With the status quo maintained through the […]
Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel clinched his first pole of the 2019 Formula 1 season, narrowly beating championship leader Lewis Hamilton in qualifying for the Canadian Grand Prix. Charles Leclerc rounded out the top three ahead of Daniel Ricciardo, who qualified in fourth to seal Renault’s best qualifying result since returning to F1 as a manufacturer team. […]
Charles Leclerc led a Ferrari one-two at the top of the timesheet in FP2 ahead of the Canadian Grand Prix, while FP1 pacesetter Lewis Hamilton hit the wall. Formula 1 championship leader Hamilton lost an hour of the 90-minute session after he suffered a snap of oversteer as he dropped off of the Turn 9 […]
Formula 1 championship leader Lewis Hamilton topped the timesheet in FP1 ahead of the Canadian Grand Prix, while second-placed Valtteri Bottas sealed a Mercedes one-two at the top. The Mercedes duo ended up 0.8 seconds clear of the rest, with Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc closest to the Silver Arrows in third. Bottas and Hamilton posted identical […]
Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton extended his Formula 1 championship lead with victory at the Monaco Grand Prix, holding off Red Bull’s Max Verstappen for the majority of the race. Verstappen finished second on track but a five-second time penalty for an unsafe release meant that he ended up fourth behind Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel and Valtteri Bottas. […]
Lewis Hamilton led team-mate Valtteri Bottas by 0.081s as Formula 1 championship leaders Mercedes secured a comfortable one-two in FP2 ahead of the Monaco Grand Prix. Sebastian Vettel was the closest challenger to the Silver Arrows, albeit ending up 0.763s adrift of Hamilton’s benchmark pace in third. As was the case in FP1, Hamilton and […]
Formula 1 championship leader Lewis Hamilton topped the timesheet in FP1 for the Monaco Grand Prix, while Red Bull’s Max Verstappen split the two Mercedes drivers. Hamilton, Verstappen and Valtteri Bottas were separated by a slender 0.072s at the top of the timesheet. For the majority of the session it appeared that the two Mercedes […]
Mercedes sealed a fifth consecutive one-two finish to start the 2019 Formula 1 season, as Lewis Hamilton claimed a dominant victory. Hamilton led every lap en route to a third consecutive win at the Circuit de Barcelona, grabbing the lead away from polesitter and team-mate Valtteri Bottas on the run to the first corner. The […]
Mercedes finished one-two in second practice ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix, with FP1 pacesetter and Formula 1 championship leader Valtteri Bottas ahead of Lewis Hamilton. After topping the timesheet with his medium tyre run early in the session, Bottas was provisionally knocked down to third place after the Ferrari pair vaulted ahead on account […]
Formula 1 championship leader Valtteri Bottas set the fastest time before suffering an oil leak on his Mercedes in the opening practice session ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix. Bottas’ session started in shaky fashion, after he first blocked Max Verstappen at the chicane before initially struggling with understeer and then oversteer at the long […]
Valtteri Bottas edged team-mate Lewis Hamilton to take victory and the Formula 1 championship lead at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, as Mercedes sealed a fourth consecutive one-two finish. Mercedes has become the first team in history to open a season with four one-twos, with Bottas becoming the first driver to win from pole in 2019. […]