F1 Gossip: Mercedes wants to avoid ‘unnecessary Star Wars’

In the latest F1 gossip column, Wolff wary of avoiding 'unnecessary Star Wars' at Mercedes, Villeneuve slams "worst number two driver" Albon and Hamilton reveals his "greatest partnership"...
Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 c
Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 c
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- Toto Wolff says Max Verstappen is not an option to pa💫rtner Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes because the team is not willing to risk creating another “unnecessꦉary ‘Star Wars’ ()

- Meanwhile𓆉, Verstappen insists he acknowledges the level of talent Hamilton has but says that “90 percent of the gꦜrid could win” driving his Mercedes W11 car in 2020 () 

- Former F1 world champion Jacques Villeneuve believes Red Bull’s Alex Albon does not deserve to retain 🎐his seat at the team, labelling him as “the worst number two driver Red Bull has ever had” () 

- McLaren technical 🅘director James Key would like to get back to the kind of level of ‘secrec🍨y’ F1 had a decade ago following the controversy Racing Point ‘copycat’ saga () 

- Hamilton has hailed the relationship he has with physiotherapist ✅Angela Cullen as “the greatest partnership” and has called the New Zealand-born trainer “one of the g🌺reatest things that’s happened to me in my life” () 

- Renault has st𝓀opped developing its 2020 F1 car and is now focusing its efforts on 2021 and beyond, according to technical directoꦉr Marcin Budkowski (A) 

- F1 has launched a range of five perfumes th🧸at aims “to take fans on a sensory joꦕurney through a thrilling race” () 

- 2009 F1 world champion Jenson Button returned to the race track with a g🔯ues⛄t appearance in the British GT championship finale with his own Jenson Team Rocket RJN team on Sunday, finishing 14th with teammate Chris Buncombe

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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