Nico Rosberg retired just days after winning the 2016 Drivers’ World Championship – his first – beating Lewis Hamilton by just five points. The pair spent four years as team-mates at Mercedes and won three Constructors’ Championships but the German team now have the unenviable task of replacing the world...
Nico Rosberg has hit back at Niki Lauda after the Mercedes boss accused him of making the team look dumb with his shock retirement. Lauda earlier this week accused Rosberg of leaving Mercedes in the lurch by retiring just days after winning the Formula 1 world championship. "What annoys me the most is that now Nico...
Germnay — Mick Schumacher could now be on the cusp of becoming Mercedes' next official Formula 1 junior driver. With Esteban Ocon stepping up to Force India next year, and Pascal Wehrlein on the cusp of replacing world champion Nico Rosberg at the works team, Kolner Express newspaper suggested 17-year-old Schumacher...
Mercedes are thinking about signing McLaren driver Fernando Alonso to replace Nico Rosberg, team boss Toto Wolff says. A move would reunite Alonso and Lewis Hamilton, who had a stormy partnership at McLaren in 2007. Rosberg, 31, retired five days after winning the Formula 1 world title. "You have to consider...
According to the Italian press, this is the situation of Sebastian Vettel. According to publisher FormulaPassion.it, the German driver of Ferrari could be looking for a way to break his contract with the Italian team that is in force until the end of next season, taking into account a technical clause that has the contract of...
LEWIS HAMILTON has escaped punishment for disobeying team orders during the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, according to Mercedes chief Niki Lauda. Lewis Hamilton led the race from the start but slowed in the closing stages in an attempt to force his team-mate and title rival Nico Rosberg back into the chasing pack. He ignored direct...
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff revealed Fernando Alonso could be an option for the team if they are unable to negotiate a new deal with Nico Rosberg. Rosberg is reportedly out of contract at the end of the 2016 Formula One season after having signed a "multi-year" extension in 2014. Wolff said it was a...
After Lewis Hamilton's flagrant disregard for team instructions in Abu Dhabi, F1 Report guests David Croft and Mark Priestley debate what Mercedes should do next. Mercedes ordered Hamilton to speed up after he attempted to back team-mate Nico Rosberg into the chasing Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen in the hope they...