Category: F1 News

Tennis icon Maria Sharapova shares a close friendship with Lewis Hamilton, even visiting him on the grid in Abu Dhabi. Tennis legend Maria Sharapova has expressed her amazement that F1 drivers are able to function and perform at such a high level in the face of their considerable sponsor and media duties. The 36-year-old experienced… Read more

Lewis Hamilton has been stuck on seven Drivers’ Championship titles since 2020. Mercedes chief technical director James Allison believes that the team’s operation and driver line-up is enough to make rivals ‘envious’, with hungry F1 duo Lewis Hamilton and George Russell bidding to close the gap on Red Bull and mount a serious challenge for… Read more

Toto Wolff has been tipped to sell a stake in Mercedes – 10 years since he first acquired a stake in the Formula One team after initially being involved with Williams Sky Sports Formula One pundit Craig Slater has questioned whether Toto Wolff should sell a stake in Mercedes given how much his asset has… Read more

Lewis Hamilton won’t be happy with the FIA’s decision. Lewis Hamilton’s wishes to hold the FIA end-of-year Prize Gala in Paris, France for “sustainability” reasons have fallen on deaf ears. The Brit, a passionate environmentalist and vegan, questioned the environmental impact of flying out to Baku, Azerbaijan for the event this year when the FIA… Read more

Lewis Hamilton was given the third-place trophy at the FIA prize giving ceremony on Saturday and Mercedes have issued a statement in response to claims he gave the award to a fan Mercedes has been forced to refute allegations that, during the FIA’s annual prize-giving gala in Azerbaijan, Lewis Hamilton gave away his third-place trophy… Read more

FIA chief Ben Sulayem is hoping to see Lewis Hamilton and co give Max Verstappen a run for his money in 2024. The Dutchman dominated the grid last season, becoming the first driver to break the coveted 500-point barrier en route to his third consecutive world title. Red Bull team-mate Sergio Perez looked as though… Read more

Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen are the two most successful current F1 drivers, but it is the latter who is currently enjoying his time in the spotlight. Max Verstappen will one day surpass Lewis Hamilton’s record of 103 Grand Prix victories, according to Express Sport readers. The reigning world champion moved into third on the… Read more

The goings-on between the FIA and Mercedes took a new twist on Friday, with the team exploring legal avenues – as one of the key headlines from Friday’s F1 news. The FIA have not commented on this development at time of writing, with the team having confirmed they are in “active legal exchange” with motorsport’s… Read more

Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen were both present at the FIA Prize Giving ceremony in Baku on Friday to collect their respective trophies, along with second-placed Sergio Perez Lewis Hamilton showed his class as he used his speech at the FIA Prize Giving gala to heap praise upon rival Max Verstappen. After finishing second in… Read more

Mercedes and Red Bull are bitter rivals in the F1 championship and that is often reflected in the relationship between team principals Toto Wolff and Christian Horner Toto Wolff dismissed the notion that he and Christian Horner are friends despite beaming next to each other in a viral photograph. As heads of the two most… Read more