News Details

Mercedes explains pit stop Hamilton: 'Got to stop taking risks'

Lewis Hamilton was clearly not satisfied after the Turkish Grand Prix. Mercedes made him come in late for new intermediate tyres, but afterwards the Briton said he could have continued on the same set of tyres until the end. According to engineer Andrew Shovlin the team was sure he would not have finished higher than fifth. Esteban Ocon was the only driver on track who did not make a pit stop and finished the race on the same tyres. Shovlin explains on Crash.net: "If you look at Esteban [Ocon], he got overtaken by Lance [Stroll] about five or six laps from the end and finished 17 seconds behind them, and that’s how quickly you fall off. We’ll go through it and we’ll...
Full Story »
4y ago from GPBlog.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Shovlin explains: 'We did that to cut our losses'

Mercedes chief Andrew Shovlin saw a strong performance from Valtteri...
4y ago from GPBlog.com

'With Softer Compounds we Will Face Higher Wear...

With softer tyres being used for this season's trip to Turkey, Pirelli...

Hamilton shocked: 'If he did it, then I could do it,...

Lewis Hamilton was told by his team to come in for a set of new...
4y ago from GPBlog.com

Mercedes faster than Red Bull? 'Speed of the car is...

Mercedes chief Andrew Shovlin saw a strong performance from Valtteri...
4y ago from GPBlog.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

RLL locks in Louis Foster with extended IndyCar...

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

Ryan Hunter-Reay joins Arrow McLaren for 2026 Indy 500

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

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Deal agreed in principle: Arsenal in final stages of...

Arsenal are closing in on a new contract agreement with Bukayo Saka.  The...
4h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Report: The real reason Antoine Semenyo prefers...

Bournemouth star Antoine Semenyo is strongly linked with a move away in...
6h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Mixed injury news for Arsenal as star spotted back in...

There's reportedly some mixed injury news coming in for Arsenal ahead of...
7h ago from CaughtOffside.com

'He was my hero as a player' - Mikel Arteta praises...

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has heaped praises on his Manchester City...
8h ago from SportsKeeda.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.