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Former F1 champion Alonso undergoes jaw surgery: team
According to the Italian daily Gazzetta dello Sport and the BBC, veteran racer Fernando Alonso was hit by a car near his home in Lugano in Switzerland, near the...
The 33-year-old German, who joined Ferrari in 2015, offered a searingly-honest and realistic appraisal of his time in Italy, despite winning 14 races, when he admitted his goal had been to claim a fifth title.
Mercedes will also have one eye on the future when the racing restarts in Melbourne in March and they may be vulnerable, but in Hamilton, as the Turkish Grand Prix proved again, they have the ace in the F1 pack, regardless of age.
Lewis Hamilton secured a record-equalling seventh Formula One world title on Sunday after winning the Turkish Grand Prix.
'That's for all the kids out there that believe in the impossible,' said an emotional Hamilton on Mercedes' team radio. 'You can do it.'
Hamilton last Sunday became the sport's most successful driver when he claimed a record 92nd win, moving one clear of seven-time champion Michael Schumacher's 14-year record of 91 wins.
The Finn maintained the momentum from his victory in Russia two weeks ago as he clocked a best lap in one minute and 26.225 seconds to outpace the six-time champion by a tenth of a second.
The taciturn Finn, dubbed 'the iceman', will start his 322nd race in Sunday's Russian Grand Prix when Lewis Hamilton could equal Michael Schumacher’s record of 91 wins.
Spectators have been conspicuously absent from motorsport's top competition this year due to restrictions to combat the coronavirus pandemic, but races later in the calendar have started to open up.
Reigning champion Hamilton finished ahead of his Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas to claim his 90th F1 victory in a race which only 12 drivers finished, moving the Briton to within one win of equalling Michael Schumacher's all-time record.
It was Hamilton's fifth win in seven races this year and extended his record run of points-scoring races to 40.
The addition of the four races and cutting of the Chinese Grand Prix brings the race total to 17 for the season.
The Racing Point car has been dubbed the 'pink Mercedes' because the team is accused of copying the part from Mercedes.
The matter will still go to the governing FIA’s International Court of Appeal after Ferrari and Renault confirmed their intention to take the matter forward.
The four-time world champion has been told his services will not be required by Ferrari after this year and has admitted he is in talks with other teams.
Fernando Alonso, who won his two world championship titles with Renault in 2005 and 2006, said the French team had afforded him his "fondest memories" in Formula One.
The sport said 56 of the black and white squares will be available for fans to have their name printed on, with the remaining 24 allotted to the race promoter, as part of a #WeRaceAsOne initiative.
The Chinese Grand Prix was supposed to take place at the Shanghai International circuit on April 19 but was postponed until later in the year because of the coronavirus outbreak.
The Spielberg circuit has also been given the green light to stage a second race the following weekend.