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This marks an end to an 11-year long run with the Mercedes works team in Formula One. “I have had an amazing 11 years with this team and I'm so proud of what we have achieved together. Mercedes has been part of my life since I was 13 years old”, said Lewis.
After years of rumors, speculation, and the hopeful anticipation of fans (or dreadful, depending on the colors you wear), it finally appears to be happening: seven-time Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton will leave Mercedes to drive for Ferrari for the 2025 season. The news was reported by multiple outlets early Thursday morning, turning a relatively quiet silly season upside down in which most teams reaffirmed their commitment to their star drivers. It seems Hamilton didn't want Merc's, as he enters his 12th and apparently final year with the crew.
On Sunday’s race day at the Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix, the tension within the paddocks of Yas Marina Circuit is tempered by satisfaction of another grueling season completed.
Formula 1 is a professional sport, and professional sports are businesses. Given that fact, it's not especially surprising that F1 team owners and Liberty Media have been staunchly opposed to Andretti Global's bid to add an 11th team to the grid from day one, based on the principle that an extra team would mean another slice of the pie, and a few millions less for every existing team across the revenue split. Trouble is, the arguments are getting weaker and weaker, as illustrated in Mercedes AMG F1 owner and boss Toto Wolff's comments since this odyssey began.
Team boss Toto Wolff slammed his Mercedes outfit's car and Brazilian Grand Prix performance on Sunday, claiming it was akin to a three-wheeler and «does not deserve to win» a race this year. Follow us on: Follow us on: Toto Wolff, Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team Principal and CEO, checks out on the German carmaker's livery this season. The Te
The Formula 1 governing body, the FIA, has officially approved Michael Andretti's bid to launch an F1 team. This puts the American racing dynasty one step closer to the grid come 2025 or 2026, when the Indianapolis-based outfit plans to compete in the world championship under the Andretti Cadillac F1 moniker.
The political machine of Formula 1 is rumbling up again amidst the announcement that the Andretti-Cadillac F1 project got the FIA’s blessing to join the F1 grid. There is still one major hurdle to Andretti actually getting a car on the grid: Convincing F1 and existing teams to let it join on a commercial basis. Aston Martin team owner Lawrence Stroll has broken the silence following the FIA’s approval and pushed back on Andretti joining the grid.