Valtteri Bottas said there is “something different” about Mercedes without F1 icon Lewis Hamilton in the team. Bottas would describe it as a more “chilled” dynamic within the team, and one of “excitement”,

Mercedes reserve driver Valtteri Bottas has opened up on rookie Kimi Antonelli and why the team made the right call when replacing Lewis Hamilton.

Since Lewis Hamilton quit Mercedes for Ferrari, George Russell has stepped up to prove himself a capable team leader while rookie Kimi Antonelli has also showed moments of brilliance

Kimi Antonelli has made a fine start to his F1 career and Mercedes reserve driver Valtteri Bottas is confident that the Italian teenager has proven the team were right to replace Lewis Hamilton with h

Martin Brundle has encouraged Mercedes, Ferrari and McLaren’s drivers to take advantage of Max Verstappen ’s penalty point predicament at the next two races. The reigning world champion is only one point away from an automatic one-race suspension, which would have devastating consequences for his title defence.

Ferrari driver Lewis Hamilton has struggled in the first half of the Formula 1 season, though former teammate Fernando Alonso backed Hamilton.