News Details

Shovlin: Mercedes taking encouragement from car's pace

Article To news overview © Mercedes Mercedes' Andrew Shovlin believes closing the championship gap to Red Bull and Max Verstappen is still possible this weekend, despite the Dutch driver's victory in the Sprint Qualifying race on Saturday giving him pole position for Sunday. Having been beaten on single lap pace in Friday qualifying, Verstappen stormed into the lead at the start of the 17 lap qualifying race and was able to control it from there. Having been relegated to second and losing further ground in the championship, Shovlin reckons there's still the potential to turn things around. "It's not ideal to have lost a place with Lewis off the start but we can take some...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Shovlin explains: 'Our morning was all about learning'

After the qualifying battle at Silverstone Mercedes-technical director...
3y ago from GPBlog.com

Wolff confirms ‘few small updates' to Mercedes...

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has confirmed that the W12 has been fitted with...
3y ago from PlanetF1.com

Hamilton: 'Fight with Verstappen preferred to internal...

The battle this year is between Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen who...
3y ago from GPBlog.com

Mercedes “surprised” by recent McLaren pace

Mercedes trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin has conceded to...
3y ago from GPFans.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Honda confirms Jorge Martin ‘an option’ for 2026...

Honda Team Manager Alberto Puig has reiterated its interest in signing...

Liberty Media completes 4.3 billion takeover of...

Two weeks on from receiving unanimous EU approval, Liberty Media...

Gresini reveals extent of Alex Marquez's injuries...

Gresini Racing team manager Michele Masini revealed the extent of Alex...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Alex Palou smokes the field to secure IndyCar pole at...

IndyCar is visiting another of its iconic natural terrain road courses...
13h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Alex Palou flies to the front in second IndyCar...

On Saturday morning, IndyCar headed back out on track to complete their...
17h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

IndyCar Mid-Ohio – Qualifying Results

The NTT IndyCar Series completed a knockout qualifying session at...
13h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Oliver Solberg goes Rally1 – Sebastien Ogier enters...

After dominant victories in WRC2 in Rally Sweden, Portugal and most...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Arsenal target rejects 2 offers as he wants to join...

Arsenal have been handed a boost as Viktor Gyokeres has reportedly...
47m ago from SportsKeeda.com

'Set to send opening bid' – Fabrizio Romano...

Arsenal are reportedly set to send an opening bid to Chelsea for England...
1h ago from CaughtOffside.com

'Arteta is the antichrist!' – Arsenal fans...

Many Arsenal fans are absolutely fuming on social media right now amid...
17m ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.