News Details

Mercedes confirm Hamilton suffered from floor damage

Australian Grand Prix – The car being driven by Lewis Hamilton in Melbourne was suffering from floor damage, Mercedes reveal. The reigning constructors' champions have confirmed that Hamilton had been suffering from floor damage for at least some part of the Australian Grand Prix. The Briton had taken pole position for the season-opener, but was overtaken by team-mate Valtteri Bottas at the start of the race. He was then unable to compete with Bottas' pace, and dropped to over twenty seconds behind his team-mate. Hamilton's race then became a battle to fend off Max Verstappen, who caught up to the Mercedes when equipped with much fresher tyres. He held on for second place, but Bottas...
Full Story »
5y ago from FormulaSpy.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Lewis Hamilton was missing ‘chunk’ of floor –...

Mercedes has revealed that Lewis Hamilton was missing a...
5y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Hamilton: We have work to do and we weren’t talking...

Defending world champion Lewis Hamilton has dismissed the idea of putting...
5y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Hamilton, Vettel & Kubica amongst drivers called...

Australian Grand Prix – Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton & Ferrari's...
5y ago from FormulaSpy.com

Mercedes: One result is not a reason to get carried...

When they finally threw the sandbags out of the W10, the Mercedes boys...
5y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Brad Binder: KTM making ‘small steps' to improve...

Brad Binder says KTM have made “some small steps” in the final MotoGP...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Rinus VeeKay fills IndyCar’s last open seat with...

Dale Coyne Racing has announced that Rinus VeeKay will drive for the team...

Doug Boles named IndyCar President in leadership...

The NTT IndyCar Series announced on Tuesday morning that longtime...

Andretti Global shows off new liveries for 2025...

Andretti Global has revealed a trio of new liveries for the team’s cars...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Elfyn Evans under pressure on Rally Sweden –...

Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin maintained their lead on Rally Sweden after...
44m ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Elfyn Evans clings on to Rally Sweden lead

Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin lost the lead of Rally Sweden twice, once to...
23h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Elfyn Evans leads Rally Sweden after Umeå sprint

In spite of running first on the road, Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin took...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Declan Rice's social media message to Mikel Merino...

Mikel Merino was Arsenal's hero on Saturday after he came off the bench...
54m ago from CaughtOffside.com

Arsenal to compete with Tottenham for Brazilian...

Arsenal and Tottenham are keen on signing the Brazilian attacker Igor...
1h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

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.