Mercedes technical director James Allison confirmed that the team are keeping key developments on the W12 secret to buy a “couple of weeks”. The Silver Arrows are the latest team to reveal their challenger for the 2021 campaign, but Mercedes did not reveal all of it. Instead they are keeping details on the floor of the W12 under close guard. […]
Sir Lewis Hamilton described the launch of the Mercedes W12 as “really exciting” after seeing the car in which he will bid for a record eighth World Championship. The 36-year-old Briton has signed a new one-year contract to remain with the team for a ninth year after an off-season during which his future was the subject of much speculation. The […]
Sir Lewis Hamilton has intimated his Mercedes future will be decided on a rolling one-year basis – as he sees no need to “plan too far ahead”. The seven-time World Champion recently signed a contract with Mercedes that covers only the 2021 season, stretching his stay with the team to a ninth year. Whether that becomes 10 will be decided […]
And here it is…the Mercedes W12 which, according to popular belief, is set to dominate the 2021 F1 World Championship. You will be seeing a huge amount of the car this year, so may as well start familiarising yourself with it. It’s a potential history-maker, in the sense that Sir Lewis Hamilton is the red-hot favourite to secure a record […]
Mercedes are launching the 2021 Mercedes-AMG F1 W12 E Performance car from Brackley and fans can tune in to watch it live Winners of the last seven championship doubles, Mercedes enter this year’s championship as the team to beat – even though Toto Wolff has been saying the competition will be tougher than it was in 2020. Last season Mercedes […]
This is not a ride for people who get car sick. The Fiat 500 Abarth is no longer available on the American market as of the 2020 model year, but they’re readily available on a second-hand market often for reasonable prices. AutoTopNL gets ahold of one of these soon-to-be classics and takes it for a high-speed run down the Autobahn […]
Pirelli have published their full testing schedule for the 2022 18-inch prototype tyres, which features every team except Williams. The first tests took place last week at Jerez in Spain, where Ferrari duo Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz completed three days of running in a specially-adapted ‘mule’ car. Between them, they completed 320 laps of the circuit near Cadiz on […]
Franz Tost has rubbished “conspiracy theories” about Mick Schumacher’s junior success, saying the German has what it takes to shine in Formula 1. This season, 21-year-old Schumacher is stepping up to the big league, entering Formula 1 with the Haas team. His promotion comes on the back of his Formula 2 championship success, one of two big titles – the […]
Investing in an all-new engine for 2021 after last year’s power troubles, Mattia Binotto says Ferrari have “recovered quite a lot of speed”. Following on from 2019’s engine controversy, in which Ferrari’s rivals accused the Scuderia of cheating which led to several Technical Directives being issued by the FIA, Ferrari lost power and pace in 2020. While the Scuderia insisted […]
Although stopping short of putting Max Verstappen up for the World title, Tom Coronel believes Red Bull will have Lewis Hamilton grumbling “a lot” more this season. Winners of the last seven championship doubles, the widely-held belief is that 2021 could again belong to Mercedes as Hamilton chases a record-breaking eighth World title. He will, however, potentially face more opposition […]