It was a really disappointing ending for Russell. But it was all Mercedes' fault of course. They should have been more careful with the weight of the car before the race started.
Hamilton got his 2nd win after Great Britain which is really impressive. What do you think? Is he already regretting to sign for Ferrari now? Mercedes is really ahead of Ferrari recently and I wonder how Ferrari will answer.
By the way now we have a 1-month summer break until Zandvoort. August 23-25 are the dates for the next GP. Verstappen can't win for 4 races and it is going to be his home GP up next. So I'm curious already...
Mercedes reveals that now having a Formula 1 car which is in a better window from the outset at recent races has contributed to Lewis Hamilton’s turnaround.
Something interesting to read since they won two races one at British GP and the other at the last race weekend.
"Andrew Shovlin, Mercedes engineer, believes them starting each grand prix with a better baseline set-up to build upon has been an aspect that has helped inspire Hamilton’s 2024 uptick.
He believes early on perhaps Lewis was finding the car more difficult to deal with telling media including Motorsport Week in Belgium."
source: https://www.motorsportweek.com/2024/08/05/mercedes-details-change-behind-hamiltons-f1-2024-turnaroundIt is rumoured that Aston Martin is ready to take big steps from now on.
- They are close to signing a deal with Adrian Newey.
- Verstappen is targeted to be signed in Stroll's place.
- They are going to start using Honda engine.
And more to come seemingly. If all of these happen I just can't imagine Aston Martin's improvement. Lawrence Stroll is a rich guy so he had better be ready to spend some big amount of money to carry the team to top.
People are talking like "What happens to Lance Stroll then?". I think even his father isn't satisfied with his effort. Bringing Verstappen would be a dream signing.
Just read about Adrian Newey moving to the British F1 team from Red Bull's car designing department for next season.
But didn't see anything about Verstappen making a move.
With their drivers I tend not believe it until it actually happens.
Case in point all this talk about what they were planning to do with Perez.
Essentially nothing.