Ahead of the Las Vegas Grand Prix on November 19 at LA Street Circuit, Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team Principal Toto Wolff said that the previous race in Brazil was their most difficult weekend of the season.
Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team have parted ways with their Chief Technical Officer Mike Elliott after 11 years together on Wednesday. Elliott moved into the role six months ago, swapping positions with now-Technical Director James Allison.
The Mercedes Team Principal supported the pair to move on from the incident as they prepare to return to the track in the United States Grand Prix this weekend.
Mercedes had to settle for fourth and sixth at the end of an action-packed Sprint weekend at Spa-Francorchamps, with Lewis Hamilton almost 50 seconds adrift of race-winning Red Bull driver Max Verstappen, and George Russell more than a minute back.
Mercedes junior driver and F2 championship contender Frederik Vesti will take part in an official F1 session for the first time later this year when he gets behind the wheel of the W14 during first practice in Mexico.
Ferrari chief Frederic Vasseur, who sat alongside Mercedes chief Toto Wolff at the team principal's press conference at Silverstone, pushed back against the suggestion that F1 needs more American teams, as per the Formula 1 website.
Mercedes chief Toto Wolff says the process for a new team to join Formula 1 should mirror the approach of US major sports leagues - NBA, the NFL, the NHL, for addition of new teams as Formula 1’s popularity has grown immensely in recent years.
Lewis Hamilton finished third in Sunday's British GP but was unable to overtake McLaren's Lando Norris for second position as Max Verstappen claimed another victory to extend his championship lead
F1 drivers rarely see eye to eye over their crashes and that appeared to be the case for Pierre Gasly and Lance Stroll after the pair’s coming together at Silverstone, which saw Gasly retire from the race