Mercedes - The African Mirror

Sep

2020

Hamilton and Mercedes spoil Ferrari’s party

AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER WORLD champion Lewis Hamilton recorded his historic 95th pole - Mercedes’ 69th - after he pipped teammate Valteri Bottas in the qualifier for the Tuscan Grand Prix at the Mugello circuit. Bottas did better during the practice and earlier qualifiers but Hamilton delivered a strong performance when it mattered most. Mercedes locked out the front row, followed, in the second row, by the Red Bull pair of Max Verstappen and Alexander Albion. Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, who performed well in the practice round, starts the race in 5th in a race of historic importance to Ferrari. He will…

Aug

2020

By The African Mirror

Bottas extends his stay with Mercedes

SPORT

AFRICAN MIRROR CORRESPONDENT Top Formula One driver Valtteri Bottas will continue to partner world champion Lewis Hamilton, at least until the end of the 2021 season. Their team, Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team, has announced that it has agreed with Bottas that he will stay on until at least the end of the 2021 Formula One season. Valtteri Bottas The extension means that Bottas will complete his fifth consecutive season, with Mercedes, a team he joined in 2017. He has scored eight wins and 12 pole positions with the team, as well as 39 of his 48 F1 podium finishes. In…

Aug

2020

By The African Mirror

Lewis Hamilton’s drama-filled home win

SPORT

AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER WORLD champion Lewis Hamilton won a drama-filled home F1 British Grand Prix race on three tyres after he experienced a spectacular blow out of his left front, half way through the last lap. Hamilton, who led from pole, brought the car home on a wing and a prayer, with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, on fresh tyres, breathing down his neck. Verstappen came within six seconds of snatching victory from Hamilton. Tyre strategy by the teams and management by the drivers, was at the heart of the Silverstone race, with Hamilton, teammate Valterri Bottas and McLaren’s Carlos Sainz…

Aug

2020

By The African Mirror

Mercedes look to continue winning run

SPORT

BOITUMELO RANTAO FORMULA One makes a stop at Silverstone for the first of two rounds at the British circuit. This will be the first time that the UK will hold back-to-back F1 events over consecutive race weekends. The first round at Silverstone also marks the first race in a second set of successive triple-headers in the revised Formula One calendar. Mercedes arrive at Silverstone as favourites after claiming victory in Austria, through Bottas in the first round and Hamilton in the second, with the latter winning again in the Hungarian GP. “We've had a good start to the season: we…