News Details

Wolff clears up Hamilton/Bottas chassis swap

Toto Wolff has clarified the situation surrounding Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas swapping chassis for the French Grand Prix, saying 'it's part of the plan'. Hamilton has been driving Mercedes' chassis number six all season, with Bottas now taking on that base and the Briton switching to chassis number four instead. Bottas underwent another chassis change earlier in the year in the aftermath of his enormous crash with George Russell in Imola, but the team have kept spare chassis bases from last season to carry over if needed. Mercedes team principal Wolff was clear that the move was made to ensure the cars do not rack up too many miles and lose performance over the course of the...
Full Story »
4y ago from PlanetF1.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Hamilton and Bottas to swap chassis for French GP

Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas will swap chassis for this weekend's...
4y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Hamilton and Bottas swap chassis for French GP

Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas have undergone a Mercedes W12 chassis...
4y ago from F1i.com

Hamilton and Bottas to swap F1 chassis for French GP

Bottas will move onto chassis #6, the same chassis that Hamilton has been...
4y ago from Crash.net

Hamilton and Bottas swap chassis

In a pre-planned move, Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas are to swap...
4y ago from Pitpass.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Marc Márquez seals seventh straight MotoGP...

t;li>Ducati rider extends world title lead to 175 pointsJorge Martín...
2h ago from TheGuardian.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

IndyCar Milwaukee – Qualifying Results

All 27 drivers of the NTT IndyCar Series buckled in and completed two of...
20h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Three Honda drivers to take IndyCar grid penalties at...

The NTT IndyCar Series has announced three grid penalties for this...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Arsenal agree record deal to sign 16-year-old talent

Arsenal have had a very productive summer transfer window, and they have...
7h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Manchester United closing in on deal to sign...

Manchester United are close to securing the services of Senne Lammens,...
6h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Mikel Arteta provides concerning update on the fitness...

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has admitted that there are fresh concerns...
7h ago from CaughtOffside.com

John Terry reacts as Arsenal talent Max Dowman says...

Chelsea legend John Terry was among those who commented on teenager Max...
7h ago from SportsKeeda.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.