PA Media: ViralF1 driver buys rival temporary tattoo of himself for Secret Santa
Daniel Ricciardo seemed to see the funny side of Fernando Alonso’s gift.
PA Media: ViralLewis Hamilton’s rainbow helmet recognised as ‘incredible act of allyship’
Hamilton earlier called on F1 stars and other sportspeople to speak out against human rights issues.
ReutersMotor racing-Mercedes to leave Formula E after 2022
The announcement comes three days after Dutch driver Nyck de Vries won the Formula E world championship title after finishing eighth in the season's final race in Berlin, with Mercedes also winning the teams' title after Stoffel Vandoorne's third place. "Mercedes-Benz today announced that it will conclude its ABB FIA Formula E success story as a team entrant and manufacturer at the end of Season 8, in August 2022," the manufacturer said in a statement https://www.mercedes-benz.com/en/eq-formulae/we-race-the-city/team/team-news/concluding-formula-e-success-story. "Moving forward, the company will concentrate its works motorsport activities on Formula 1, reinforcing the sport’s status as the fastest laboratory for developing and proving sustainable and scalable future performance technologies."
ReutersMotor racing-Hamilton suspects long COVID after suffering fatigue, dizziness
Seven-times Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton said he suspects he has long COVID, after suffering dizziness and fatigue in the aftermath of a hard-fought Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday. "Everything got a bit blurry on the podium," said the 36-year-old, who had to be looked over by his Mercedes team doctor after a flat-out charge from last to third around the twisting Hungaroring. Hamilton tested positive for COVID-19 and was forced to miss last year's penultimate Sakhir Grand Prix in December.
