Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes and Lewis agree two-year contract extension
The Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team is delighted to announce a two-year extension to its partnership with the reigning seven-time World Drivers’ Champion Lewis Hamilton, continuing a relationship that has become the most successful team and driver pairing in Formula One history. Lewis will drive for Mercedes in the 2022 and 2023 seasons, his 10th and […]
July 4, 2021 Motor Sports
A double podium for the Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team at the 2021 Styrian Grand Prix with Lewis P2 and Valtteri P3
Lewis drove a solid race to take home second place in Austria, extracting the maximum performance from the W12 today. Valtteri jumped PER in the opening round of pit stops to move up to P3 and managed his Hard tyres well for the remainder of the race, weathering a late surge from PER who had […]
June 29, 2021 Motor Sports
Two solid sessions of learning for the Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team on FP in Austria
Lewis finished the first session of the day third quickest with Valtteri just behind in P4. Lewis took P4 in the second session, after having the quickest time of the session deleted for a track limit violation. Valtteri finished the second session in P12 after encountering traffic on his fastest lap – and focused primarily […]
June 26, 2021 Motor Sports
Lewis takes P2 and Valtteri P4 for the Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team at the 2021 French Grand Prix
Lewis took the lead on the opening lap before losing it to a powerful undercut from VER after the team triggered the pit stop sequence with Valtteri on lap 17 owing to a growing tyre vibration. VER pitted again for the Medium tyre on lap 32 but the Team was prevented from following a two-stop […]
June 21, 2021 Motor Sports
A strong Friday showing for the Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team at the Circuit Paul Ricard
Valtteri finished the first session of the day in P1 with Lewis just behind in P2. In the second session, Valtteri and Lewis came home P2 and P3 respectively in the bright sunshine of Le Castellet. Valtteri suffered front wing damage when running over the sausage kerbs at Turn 2 early in the first session, […]
June 19, 2021 Motor Sports