Start up front for the FORMULA 1 GERMAN GRAND PRIX 2019

After dominating runs by both Ferraris in the Practice sessions on Friday, both Ferraris had very disappointing Qualifying sessions.  Sebastian Vettel had a turbo issue on his first and only lap in Q1 and his teammate Charles Leclerc due to mechanical issues at the start of Q3 also retired his car and will start the race in 10th position, with Vettel starting in 20th position.

Mercedes-AMG has Lewis Hamilton on pole and Valtteri Bottas starting in 3rd position.  Max Verstappen for Red Bull will start on the first row with his teammate Pierre Gasly starting in 4th position.  To round out the first 3 rows Kimi Raikkonen for Alfa Romeo will start in 5th position and for Haas’ Romain Grosjean will start in 6th position.

With the Ferraris staring so deep in the pack it will be an interesting race to see them fight through traffic to get to the front of the pack.

Mercedes-AMG put both of their drivers on the Podium at Silverstone with Lewis Hamilton, who started in position 2, winning his 6th race at Silverstone, his home track, with teammate Valtteri Bottas, who started on pole finishing 2nd and Charles Leclerc for Ferrari finishing 3rd.

Max Verstappen wins his second Austrian Grand Prix in a row at the Red Bull Ring for the Formula 1 Austrian Grand Prix 2019, with Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc coming in second and Mercedes-AMG scores another Podium with Valterri Bottas in 3rd.  Sebadstian Vettel was in 4th, with Lewis Hamilton coming in 5th. –more–

Charles Leclerc, Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen earn the top 3 starting grid positions for Ferrari, Mercedes-AMG and Red Bull respectively with Leclerc setting a new track record of 1:03.003. Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel does not compete in Q3 due to an issue with an air pressure line to the engine and will start in 10th position. Leclrec will start on the Soft (red) tire compound and Hamilton will start on the Mediums (yellow).

Lewis Hamilton, started on pole, led every lap and won the FORMULA 1 FRENCH GRAND PRIX 2019 with his teammate Valtteri Bottas coming in 2nd for Mercedes-AMG.  Charles Leclerc put Ferrari on the Podium for Ferrari. Max Verstappen ran a strong race and finished 4th for Red Bull, with Sebastian Vettel for Ferrari and Carlos Sainz, Jr. for McLaren finishing 5th and 6th.

Mercedes-AMG is 7 for 7 for the 2019 Formula 1 season with Lewis Hamilton winning the Canadian Grand Prix for the 7th time and it’s the 5th win of the season for Hamilton.

From starting in 2nd position Mercedes-AMG’s Lewis Hamilton wins his 5th race out of 7 this season and wins the Canadian Grand Prix for the 7th time.  Ferrari’s drivers finished off the podium with Sebastian Vettel coming in 2nd and Charles Leclerc finishing 3rd.

Mercedes-AMG has won all 7 races, so far, this year

Lewis Hamilton wins his 2nd Monaco Grand Prix with a super exciting finish and normal Formula 1 tire drama.  Mercedes-AMG made a decision, with the one-stop (pit stop) strategy to Hamilton back out on the medium Pirelli compound while other teams went for a harder compound.  Late in the race that strategy was starting to look like it would come back to haunt Mercedes with Max Verstappen for Red Bull running in 2nd and Hamilton’s front tires were so worn that he virtually had no grip left.  Hamilton did an excellent job taking advantage of Monaco’s iconic narrow track that makes it very, very hard to overtake another car and positioning his car perfectly on the racing line to keep Verstappen from overtaking.  Ironically, Verstappen had been hit with a 5 second penalty earlier in the racing so finishing before Mercedes would have been mostly symbolic for Red Bull.  Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel finished in 2nd, breaking Mercedes’ streak of finishing one, two for most of this season, but Mercedes still had both of their drivers on the podium with Valtteri Bottas coming in 3rd.

By Julia Hollingsworth, CNN
Tue May 21, 2019

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The Mercedes-AMG Petronas team for the May 10-12 FORMULA 1 SPANISH GRAND PRIX 2019 have five one, two finishes in a row, with Lewis Hamilton winning his third Spanish Grand Prix in a row and his teammate Valtteri Bottas, who started on pole, finishing second.  Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, who won the race in 2016 coming in third.