But will Hamilton be as dominant again?
| Without wishing to take anything away from Lewis Hamilton’s utterly brilliant driving on Sunday in Brazil, seldom have I ever seen a Formula 1 car have such a big top-speed advantage over the rest of the field. Given what happened at Interlagos, what’s to stop Mercedes taking a new ICE at every race from here until the end of the season? Hamilton showed that he can overcome a five-place grid penalty in a matter of laps – especially on a track with a decent DRS zone. Now we move on to Qatar, a track where I’ve seen GP2 cars in action first-hand. Think of it as a flat Mugello (where Hamilton won in 2020) but in the middle of the desert, where you can only realistically overtake at the first corner – with inside and outside lines possible to make stick. Red Bull will have to pin its hopes on being so rapid through its sweeping high-speed bends that it will be out of reach on the kilometer-long start/finish straight. And if Hamilton gets DRS on Max Verstappen, good luck with defending that… By: Charles Bradley, Global Editor in Chief
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| EDITOR'S CHOICE Mercedes: New F1 engine power boost won’t last long Mercedes believes that the power advantage Lewis Hamilton has got from a fresh Formula 1 engine will not last long. |
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| F1 stewards set date for Mercedes' new Verstappen/Hamilton evidence
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| How new tracks will impact the Verstappen-Hamilton F1 title fight
The changes at the Abu Dhabi finale will present Mercedes and Red Bull with plenty of additional hurdles to cover before one finally triumphs in 2021’s thrilling title fight. |
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| | | | | | Ferrari: Hamilton's sprint race charge ends debate on F1 reverse grids Ferrari thinks there is now no debate that reverse grids could work for Formula 1’s sprint races, following Lewis Hamilton’s charge to victory in the Brazilian Grand Prix. |
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Ferrari continued to assess the new Formula 1 brake disc material and design that it first tried in Mexico at the Brazilian Grand Prix last weekend. |
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