Mercedes did deal with McLaren to get early release for Lowe
Mercedes made a deal with McLaren to secure Paddy Lowe’s early release from the Woking team, according to reports in the British media. On Monday, the Formula 1 team Mercedes announced that Briton Lowe will start work as executive technical director early next month. That is a full half-year before Lowe’s contract with McLaren – [...]
Lowe confirmed by Mercedes and Brawn to stay team boss
Lewis Hamilton will be reunited with Paddy Lowe sooner than expected after Mercedes announced on Monday that the former McLaren technical head was joining their Formula One team next month. Mercedes said in a statement that the Briton had been appointed executive director (technical) and would start on June 3 – the week of the [...]
Wolff laments loss of McLaren engine customer
Mercedes motorsport boss Toto Wolff has admitted he is disappointed that long time engine partner McLaren is set to link up with Honda for a supply of works turbo engines in 2015. Formerly McLaren’s works engine partner, Mercedes set up its own Formula 1 team a few years ago, leaving the great British outfit with [...]
Monaco Grand Prix: Mercedes preview Monte Carlo
Formula One’s most famous race, the Monaco Grand Prix, takes place around the streets of the principality on Sunday 26 May for the 71st time. Just three of the past 30 Monaco Grands Prix have been won by a car starting outside the top three The race has a very high 80% risk of Safety [...]
McLaren adamant they will not share Mercedes secrets with Honda
McLaren has played down suggestions Honda will unfairly benefit from the British team’s continuing collaboration with Mercedes next year, before the Japanese company returns to supply F1 engines to the Woking squad. It was announced in Tokyo on Thursday that McLaren will be powered by ‘works’ turbo V6 engines provided by Honda from 2015. But, [...]
Ferrari & Lotus smiling, Red Bull & Mercedes baffled, Williams & McLaren mess
The first European race of the Formula One season provided a boost for Ferrari and Fernando Alonso, with Lotus and Kimi Raikkonen also smiling, but left plenty of other former champions and top teams feeling the pain. While Red Bull retained their lead in both championships, they struggled with similar tyre problems to others in [...]
Mercedes boss calls on team to think out the box to solve race pace mystery
Mercedes urged their many Formula 1 technical boffins to “think outside the box” and consider the unconsidered after a Spanish Grand Prix that left the team baffled by their cars’ lack of race pace. Despite scorching to their third pole position in a row, with Germany’s Nico Rosberg notching up his second in succession, Mercedes [...]
Hamilton scoffs at Vettel to Mercedes reports
Lewis Hamilton has scoffed at reports that Mercedes might be looking to oust him already, having only switched from McLaren over the winter. In the past days, a rumour has been bubbling away about Niki Lauda, Mercedes’ co-owner and chairman, making a serious bid for world champion Sebastian Vettel. The first theory was that Nico [...]
Hamilton and Mercedes stumped by severe drop in pace during race
Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton were right to be cautious after their Saturday Spanish Grand Prix high turned into another Sunday slump for Mercedes. “It’s got to go down as one of the worst races I’ve had for a long, long time,” said 2008 Formula One world champion Hamilton after starting on the front row [...]