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.
ReutersMotor racing-Verstappen frustration boils over as Hamilton takes pole in Hungary
Formula One championship leader Max Verstappen said he would race in a manner that was "hard but fair" against Mercedes title rival Lewis Hamilton at the Hungarian Grand Prix following their opening lap collision at Silverstone earlier this month. The duo were caught up in a war of words after Verstappen crashed out of the British Grand Prix and ended up in hospital following the collision. Hamilton was handed a 10-second time penalty by stewards but the Briton still went on to win his home race to cut the Dutchman's lead in the championship standings from 33 points to just eight.
ReutersMotor racing-Hamilton turns up the heat with pole in Hungary
Seven-times world champion Lewis Hamilton turned up the heat at an already sweltering Hungaroring on Saturday, delivering a scorching lap to seize pole position for the Hungarian Formula One Grand Prix. The Briton lit up the timing screens with a one minute, 15.419 second lap, 0.315 seconds quicker than team mate Valtteri Bottas, who locked out the front row for Mercedes. Crucially it put the 36-year-old Hamilton 0.421 seconds clear of championship-leading Red Bull rival Max Verstappen who was a disappointing third.
