Mercedes’ torrid Hungarian GP has gone from bad to worse as they were handed a £50,000 fine for Rosberg’s wheel loss in the pit lane and then Schumacher was given a 10 place grid penalty for Spa after nearly putting Barrichello in the pit wall. Barrichello had been catching Schumacher for a few laps and [...]

1. Mark WEBBER (Red Bull), 1h24m38.200s 2. Lewis HAMILTON (McLaren), 1h24m39.560s 3. Nico ROSBERG (Mercedes), 1h24m59.507s TV UNILATERALS Q: Mark, you were very angry yesterday after the team switched the front wings. After the race today you said on the radio race ‘not bad for a number two driver.’ Was today all about poetic justice? [...]

Mercedes GP’s Nico Rosberg has said the team have made a ‘real turnaround’. The team put on a dismal display last time out in Valencia, but they have bounced back to score a podium position with their young driver. “I had a good start today and was happy to be up to fourth place by [...]

Mercedes GP were looking for a good weekend at Silverstone after dismal qualifying and race displays in Valencia. After qualifying 15th and 12th in Valencia their display in Britain was much better, much to the relief of Nico Rosberg. “I’m really pleased with fifth place today and it shows good progress after being so far [...]

TEAM PRINCIPALS: Ross BRAWN (Mercedes), Tony FERNANDES (Lotus), Christian HORNER (Red Bull), Martin WHITMARSH (McLaren) PRESS CONFERENCE Q: First of all a little recap of how the day has gone for all of you. How have things gone for Lotus Racing? Tony FERNANDES: Tough day today. We had three gearbox failures, two on Jarno’s (Trulli) [...]

Nico Rosberg (6th, 5th) “It’s been a decent start today and we have been able to get on top of many of our problems from Valencia. We achieved some good set-up work to optimise the aero package. It’s not easy to understand and find the optimum so it was good to make progress there and [...]

The British Grand Prix next Sunday marks one of two home Grands Prix in quick succession for the Mercedes GP team, whos Brackley base is just 8 miles from the Silverstone circuit. Nico Rosberg praised the track, saying ‘every driver loves to race there’: “Silverstone is a great circuit and one of those tracks which [...]

There are fascinating quotes from Nico Rosberg, who has labelled Mercedes GP’s car; the W01 a ‘disaster’. Rosberg told the Cologne Express: “The problem with the tyres is well known within the team. For weeks, we have said we would move forward but nothing happened – in fact we’re going backwards. If one is twelfth [...]

Update: Michael Schumacher has been handed a 20 second penalty for the incident described below, moving him out of the points positions and Sebastien Buemi into them. The talk of the paddock following the Monaco Grand Prix is of course the incident which saw Michael Schumacher jump Fernando Alonso after the safety car went in [...]

The Spanish round of the Formula 1 season is famous for aerodynamic and mechanical upgrades on the cars, and this year is no different. Here is what you need to know about who is bringing what to Barcelona. McLaren McLaren have been talking up their changes for Barcelona, and are optimistic that the front row [...]