News Details

George Russell blames Mercedes after rare blunder

Lewis Hamilton came home to take the second step on the podium for the second race in a row in Mexico, after starting in third. The seven-time world champion never quite got close enough to pole sitter Max Verstappen to think about taking the win, with the Dutchman breaking the magic one second interval which enables DRS within the first lap. Mercedes opted to go for a medium-hard strategy while Red Bull started on the softs and finished on the mediums. Prior to the race Mercedes' strategy looked to be a strong one, with it seemingly improbable that soft and medium tyres would be able to get you to the finish line, while only making one stop, however this did not prove to be the case....
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Mattia Binotto highlights Mercedes blunder in defence...

Lewis Hamilton’s eyes must have lit up at the start of Sunday’s race,...
3y ago from Formula1News.co.uk

Wolff reveals remarkable first job at Mercedes: 'Clean...

Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff has revealed what his first job was when he...
3y ago from GPBlog.com

Race Report: Verstappen wins 14th in Mexico

Ok, so not every Formula 1 race is an action-packed event but the...
3y ago from TheParcFerme.com

Verstappen the complete F1 driver as Mercedes blunder...

Max Verstappen earned his record-breaking 14th win of the season at the...
3y ago from GPFans.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Honda confirms early discussions for 2028 factory...

Honda, one of two engine manufacturers that supply IndyCar, has confirmed...

Romain Grosjean returns to IndyCar with full time seat...

Dale Coyne Racing has made public its plans for the 2026 IndyCar season,...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Elfyn Evans wins Swedish showdown

Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin clinched victory on Rally Sweden which ended...
22h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Arsecast Extra Episode 681 – 16.02.2026

Welcome to another Arsecast Extra, the Arsenal podcast, with myself and...
58m ago from Arseblog.com

Arsenal hold strongest interest in signing Real Madrid...

Arsenal are reportedly leading the chase to sign Real Madrid defender...
2h ago from SportsKeeda.com

FA Cup fourth round: 10 talking points from the...

ssure is telling on Scott Parker at Burnley while Dominik Szoboszlai is...
4h ago from TheGuardian.com

“Didn’t score but pretty much did every other...

Pundit Steve Nicol singled out Arsenal star Eberechi Eze for praise...
4h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.