‘Emotional’ Hamilton unveils Mercedes 2024 car

‘Emotional’ Hamilton unveils Mercedes 2024 car

Lewis Hamilton admitted it felt "emotional" and "surreal" to take part in the final Formula One car launch of his Mercedes career on Wednesday. Hamilton, a seven-time Formula One world champion, will leave Mercedes at the end of the 2024 season in a stunning switch to Ferrari. The 39-year-old had signed a new two-year deal with Mercedes worth £100 million ($126 million) in August. But Hamilton recently activated a break […]

February 15, 2024 8

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Under-fire Horner set to appear at Red Bull’s car launch

Christian Horner will appear at Red Bull's 2024 car launch on Thursday amid an investigation into allegations of "inappropriate behaviour" by the team principal.Horner is set to attend the Formula One champions' launch event at their Milton Keynes base despite the accusation by a female colleague which surfaced at the beginning of last week.The 50-year-old, married to former Spice Girls pop star Geri Halliwell, categorically denies the claim that […]

February 15, 2024 1

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McLaren ‘realistic’ about 2024 F1 season as they launch new car

McLaren chief executive Zak Brown said the team were "realistic" about the celebrated team's prospects for the 2024 Formula One season as they unveiled their new car on Wednesday.McLaren's Lando Norris was the second-highest points scorer behind Red Bull's runaway champion Max Verstappen in the final 12 races of last year's campaign following a major car upgrade. That though was still only good enough for a sixth-placed finish and […]

February 15, 2024 9

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Ferrari’s new F1 car unveiled for final season before Hamilton’s arrival

Ferrari unveiled their new SF-24 car on Tuesday, ready for the upcoming Formula One season which will be the last before Lewis Hamilton joins the Italian team from rivals Mercedes. The team head into their 2024 campaign, which has been overshadowed by seven-time F1 champion Hamilton agreeing to join next year, trying to recover ground on all-conquering Red Bull. And Ferrari unveiled the SF-24 to their legion of fans […]

February 14, 2024 6

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Singapore to review F1 deal amid corruption probe

The Singapore government will review the terms of its Formula One Grand Prix deal after its former transport minister was charged with corruption, an official said Monday. S. Iswaran resigned in January after being charged with 27 offences in a rare top-level graft probe in the city-state. The case has also ensnared billionaire hotel tycoon Ong Beng Seng, credited with helping to bring F1's first night race to Singapore […]

February 5, 2024 13

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Confirmed : Hamilton leaving Mercedes for Ferrari in 2025

Seven-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton will make a surprise switch to Ferrari next year, after Mercedes announced Thursday he would leave the team at the end of the 2024 season. "The time is right for me to take this step and I'm excited to be taking on a new challenge," said Hamilton. Ferrari subsequently confirmed the arrival of the 39-year-old Briton, who is due to partner […]

February 2, 2024 2

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Button certain Hamilton “just needs right car”

Former Formula One world champion Jenson Button says his old teammate Lewis Hamilton needs "the right car" to return to the front of the grid next season with Red Bull favourites again to clean up in 2024. For the second year running, Mercedes driver Hamilton failed to win a grand prix as Max Verstappen won 19 of the 22 races with Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez taking two of the […]

December 18, 2023 2

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Verstappen makes it 19 wins out of 22

Max Verstappen completed a majestic and record-breaking season in familiar style on Sunday when he cruised to a record-increasing 19th win of the year for Red Bull at an action-packed Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The three-time world champion came home 17.993 seconds ahead of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc whose bold drive was not enough for the Italian team to claim the runners-up place in the constructors’ championship. That went, finally, to […]

November 27, 2023 11

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Las Vegas Grand Prix practice interrupted for track repairs

Charles Leclerc posted the fastest time in the brief first practice session at the Las Vegas Grand Prix this morning, which included just eight minutes of racing before it was halted for track repairs. In the first test of the course along the transformed Strip, a faulty manhole cover damaged Carlos Sainz's Ferrari. The car ultimately left the course on the back of a truck but the Spaniard appeared uninjured. […]

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