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Wolff: Mercedes entering 'exciting new era' post-Lewis Hamilton
In a push to build energy for the 2025 season, Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff has announced an "exciting new era" ahead with preseason testing beginning Monday in Bahrain.,With Lewis Hamilton having departed to Ferrari, George Russell will now partner with teenage rookie Kimi Antonelli as the team look...
Lewis Hamilton feels ‘invigorated’ to be with Ferrari for 2025
Seven-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton made his first public comments since signing with Ferrari on Tuesday at the F1 75 Live event at the O2 Arena in London.,Hamilton, who won six of his seven drivers' championships during a 12-year run with Mercedes, changed teams in the biggest move...
Valterri Bottas goes back to Mercedes as reserve driver
Valtteri Bottas is rejoining Mercedes as a reserve driver in the 2025 Formula One season.,Bottas won 10 races with Mercedes as a teammate of Lewis Hamilton from 2017-21. In 2022, he joined Alfa Romeo -- which became the Sauber team -- when Mercedes passed him over in favor of George Russell.,The 35-...
Lewis Hamilton: Final season with Mercedes has been 'emotional' struggle
Seven-time Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton revealed that his final year with Mercedes has been "emotional" after he announced last winter that he was leaving the team to join Ferrari in 2025.,At a news conference ahead of Sunday's season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Hamilton said he didn't fully g...
Max Verstappen captures ninth win of season in Qatar
Max Verstappen won his ninth race of the season on Sunday at the Qatar Grand Prix, which was marked by a key penalty and three appearances by the safety car.,The Dutchman started one place off the pole after a penalty in qualifying but quickly took control. Sunday's race slowed almost as soon as it ...
Alpine switching from Renault to Mercedes engines in '26
Alpine will switch to Mercedes engines starting with the 2026 season, the Formula 1 team confirmed Tuesday.,The new deal, which runs through 2030, comes after the Renault-owned team announced in September that it would end its own engine program in 2025.,Mercedes also will supply gearboxes to Alpine...
Reports: Mercedes confirm Lewis Hamilton to race final 3 events
Lewis Hamilton will drive for Ferrari next year, but rumors that the seven-time Formula 1 champion is exiting Mercedes before the end of the current season reportedly were refuted by Mercedes.,Rumors of Hamilton making an immediate split with his current team arose after his poor showing last week i...
Ferrari taps ex-Mercedes engineer Loic Serra as technical director
Ferrari named former Mercedes engineer Loic Serra as a technical director for its Formula 1 team on Thursday.,The 52-year-old Frenchman starts on Oct. 1 and replaces the departed Enrico Cardile as chassis technical director.,Serra will report directly to team principal Fred Vasseur, Ferrari said in ...
McLaren, Mercedes front wings prompt F1 statement
The FIA issued a statement Tuesday declaring that all the front wings on 2024 Formula 1 cars currently are legal and compliant with the governing body's testing.,The statement came after Ferrari and Red Bull reportedly requested an investigation into the front wings used by McLaren and Mercedes.,Onb...
Italian teen to replace Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes
Italian teenager Andrea Kimi Antonelli will replace a legend, taking the spot of Lewis Hamilton in the F1 lineup for Mercedes next season.,The team announced Saturday that Antonelli, 18, will be promoted from the F2 circuit and team with George Russell in 2025.,Hamilton, a seven-time world champion,...
Max Verstappen: Staying at Red Bull through 2025
Three-time Formula 1 world champion Max Verstappen confirmed Thursday he will race for Red Bull next season, refuting rumors that he was contemplating a switch to Mercedes.,"I think I've said this before," he said at a pre-Austrian Grand Prix press conference. "I mean, naturally of course people are...
Mercedes to take ‘as long as possible’ in naming Lewis Hamilton replacement
Mercedes will take its time before naming a replacement for departed Lewis Hamilton, motorsport boss Toto Wolff told reporters.,Wolff said he will take "as long as possible" before committing to a successor on his Formula 1 team for next season, disputing reports from Germany that Andrea Kimi Antone...
Report: Carlos Sainz no longer in running for Mercedes seat
Outgoing Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz reportedly is no longer under consideration to replace Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes.,Sainz is seeking clarity on his next move in the coming weeks, but Mercedes team principal and CEO Toto Wolff continues to evaluate the performance of rising junior driver Andrea K...
So when is it Tony La Russa’s turn?
With the firings of Joe Girardi and Joe Maddon just in the past week, MLB teams have shown that they’re willing to drop even the most accomplished managers early in their tenure if they don’t meet lofty expectations. So it begs the question, how much longer can the White Sox struggle before it’s con...
IDIOT OF THE YEAR 2021: Tony La Russa, Tommy Tuberville, every NFL referee, and other esteemed dummies
Happy holidays, you filthy animals, and welcome to Deadspin’s annual IDIOT OF THE YEAR extravaganza. Within these hallowed slides are 50 of the year’s least bearable dorks, whose transgressions range from “just kinda silly,” to “dangerously stupid,” to “Trevor Bauer.”...
The ending to the F1 season was impossible
It’s the kind of ending to any contest that feels scripted (and Mercedes might yet claim that it actually was scripted). It’s the thing you’d reenact in your living room when you’re a kid. Then, it’s not just the final AB in the bottom of the ninth. It’s the bottom of the ninth of Game 7 after comin...
Let’s hope Tony La Russa and Yermin Mercedes have a productive conversation about all this
Chicago White Sox catcher Yermín Mercedes is back after a one-day retirement, showing up in uniform for the team’s Triple-A affiliate in Charlotte....
Lewis Hamilton Takes Pit Stop At Wrong Garage (Where He Spent Six Years Making Pit Stops)
Lewis Hamilton took third place in this year's Malaysian Grand Prix—though not without some intra-team controversy—despite a pretty hilarious pit stop, as pit stops go. Over the summer, Hamilton switched from the McLaren racing team to Mercedes and for his first tire change at Malaysia, he tried to...