News Details

Lauda would have done the same as Hamilton

Niki Lauda has backed Lewis Hamilton's decision to ignore team orders during the Hungarian Grand Prix, insisting he would have done the same. Hamilton said he would only move over if Nico Rosberg got close enough, but the German never closed the gap to less than a second, which meant the Briton would have had to slow and lose time to Daniel Ricciardo and Fernando Alonso ahead. Lauda says Mercedes panicked under the "stressful conditions". "Mercedes has been used to being in the lead and racing against each other, but this race, with the safety car at the beginning and the wet conditions, was a completely different race," Lauda said. "So every minute you had to...
Full Story »
11y ago from TheF1Times.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Mercedes: Congratulations Nico, apologies Lewis

Nico Rosberg Nico Rosberg took pole position during qualifying at the...
11y ago from GrandPrix247.com

'No question' Hamilton would have won - Lauda

Sutton Images Enlarge Niki Lauda is certain Lewis Hamilton would have...
11y ago from espnF1.com

Lauda: Hamilton was right to defy team

Niki Lauda says he believes Lewis Hamilton was right to ignore team...
11y ago from Crash.net

Mercedes: It feels like a one-two

Nico Rosberg Nico Rosberg took a dominating home victory at the German...
11y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Marco Bezzecchi details the key difference between...

Marco Bezzecchi took his third MotoGP win of 2025 in Valencia and...
13h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Ryan Hunter-Reay joins Arrow McLaren for 2026 Indy 500

Arrow McLaren has announced that veteran Ryan Hunter-Reay will join the...

RLL locks in Louis Foster with extended IndyCar...

Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing has announced an extension to its contract...

AJ Foyt Racing expands veteran support program to full...

AJ Foyt Racing has announced that its successful Homes For Our Troops...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Arsenal told what they need to do if they want to sign...

Antoine Semenyo is one of the most sought-after players going into the...
3h ago from CaughtOffside.com

After missing 7 consecutive matches for Arsenal due to...

Arsenal skipper Martin Odegaard has provided an update on his fitness...
10h ago from SportsKeeda.com

“I used to come to the old one and win a lot” -...

Arsenal legend Thierry Henry has revealed his prediction for this...
8h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Arsecast Extra Episode 667 – 17.11.2025

Welcome to another Arsecast Extra, the Arsenal podcast, with myself and...
11h ago from Arseblog.com

Comments

Hottest News

FIA mourns death of key figure ahead of Las Vegas Grand Prix

F1 heads for Las Vegas this weekend for the 2025... Read More »
15h ago from GPFans.com

Williams roll out sleek black livery for Las Vegas GP

Williams Racing has ripped the wraps off a... Read More »
4h ago from F1i.com

Apple 'in talks' over F1 movie sequel

Apple and producers of the recent F1 movie have... Read More »
4h ago from GPFans.com

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.