Max Verstappen sets the pace for Red Bull in opening practice for F1's Abu Dhabi GP, with Lewis Hamilton returning to action for Mercedes and a debut for Mick Schumacher.
Mercedes Formula E drivers Nyck de Vries and Stoffel Vandoorne will each sample the team’s F1 world championship-winning W11 car during the post-season young drivers’ test in Abu Dhabi.
F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton will return to action to race at this weekend’s season-ending Abu Dhabi GP after testing negative for coronavirus on multiple occasions.
Sergio Perez is confident he would have had the pace to keep George Russell behind and still win F1’s Sakhir GP even if the Mercedes driver had not suffered his late puncture.
Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff admits his team made a “colossal fuck up” with a tyre mix-up at the Sakhir GP that cost what should have been a debut win for George Russell.
Carlos Sainz believes George Russell’s impressive Mercedes debut “demonstrates what F1 is missing out on” due to the large performance gaps that exist between teams.
Mercedes told George Russell there was “zero expectation” on him and that a top-six result in his first F1 qualifying session for the team would be a good result.
George Russell says he had to “relearn” how to drive in Mercedes’ “alien” 2020 F1 car as he impressed to claim second place on the grid in his qualifying debut for the team at the Sakhir GP.