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Lewis Hamilton heads into this weekend's Mexican Grand Prix with his first opportunity to wrap up the 2019 Formula 1 world drivers’ championship, but it will not prove an easy task.
While Mercedes may have wrapped up the constructors’ championship with four races to spare this season, such a convincing victory does not tell the story of how close some of the races have been in 2019.
Formula 1 heads to the Americas for the first of a double header as we enter the final four races of the 2019 season at the Mexican Grand Prix.
There are just a handful of spots left up for grabs as the jigsaw puzzle of the 2020 Formula 1 grid continues to take shape.
A little over 12 months ago, Carlos Sainz’s future in Formula 1 looked unclear. Despite impressing through his first full season with Renault, he was only third-choice at best for the team as it pushed to sign Daniel Ricciardo or Esteban Ocon to partner Nico Hulkenberg for 2019.
Valtteri Bottas scored his first Formula 1 victory in over five months as Mercedes were crowned champions once again in the Japanese Grand Prix.
The Saturday evening of any grand prix weekend is usually a late one at the track for journalists.
- Valtteri Bottas stormed to the sixth grand prix victory of his Formula 1 career on Sunday at Suzuka, seizing the lead at the start of the race before dominating proceedings as he crossed the line more than 10 seconds clear of the pack.
The typhoon-induced shake-up of the Formula 1 race weekend at Suzuka left teams and drivers largely in the dark as to the pecking order heading into Sunday’s running, creating the possibility for some surprises.
The disruption caused to the Japanese Grand Prix by Typhoon Hagibis has left Formula 1 drivers finding themselves in the unfamiliar territory of having a day off mid-race weekend.
- News broke in the lead-up to FP1 on Friday morning that Saturday’s activities at Suzuka had been cancelled due to the approach of Typhoon Hagisi, which will make landfall tomorrow.
- Much of the talk on Thursday surrounded the incoming super typhoon that could disrupt Saturday’s running. Typhoon Hagibis is expected to make landfall in Japan on Thursday with wind speeds of 90 mph and heavy rain.
Mercedes can move a step closer to becoming the first team in Formula 1 history to win six successive world championship doubles at this weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix.
When Red Bull announced over the summer break that Alexander Albon would be stepping up to its senior team for the remainder of the season to replace the struggling Pierre Gasly, there was a fear history would repeat itself.
After three races without a victory in the 2019 Formula 1 season, Mercedes returned to the top step of the podium at the Russian Grand Prix.
So much of the narrative at Ferrari heading into the 2019 season surrounded the idea of a fresh start. New leadership, a new driver, a new approach – all centring on the idea of ‘ Essere Ferrari ’ – ‘We are Ferrari’.
- Lewis Hamilton recorded the 82nd victory of his Formula 1 career in Sunday’s Russian Grand Prix, pitting under the Virtual Safety Car to jump Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and extend his lead at the top of the drivers’ championship.
The narrative of the brewing rivalry between Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel at Ferrari had been predicted from the moment it was announced they would be teammates for the 2019 season.
Ferrari sparked controversy in Sunday's Russian Grand Prix as it used team orders with Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc to try and orchestrate a one-two finish, only to trip over itself and leave its drivers frustrated.
- The big news coming out of Saturday in Sochi was confirmation of McLaren’s switch from Renault to Mercedes power units from 2021, following the emergence of reports through Friday.
It may have been just the sixth pole position of Charles Leclerc’s fledgling Formula 1 career, but his performance on Saturday only furthered his case for being the best qualifier on the grid right now.
- Max Verstappen led the way for Red Bull in Friday’s practice running, taking heart from the team’s competitive pace in all three sectors of the circuit.