While Formula One was packing up for the long journey from Baku to Montreal, the Snetterton race weekend was delivering further successes for the Mercedes-AMG GT3.
- This is what happened: Results and facts
- News from the Mercedes-AMG Motorsport teams
This is what happened: Results and facts
- F1: George Russell and Lewis Hamilton finish third and fourth at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in Baku
- GT Cup Championship: Three P3 podiums and two wins for the Mercedes-AMG GT3 at Snetterton
News snippets
Making the best of it: The Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team travelled to Azerbaijan last weekend for the eighth round of the 2022 F1 season. Baku, the country’s capital, provided the second street circuit in succession. After qualifying in fifth and seventh place, George Russell and Lewis Hamilton were the beneficiaries of two virtual safety car periods and retirements by both Ferrari drivers, taking the hard-fought third and fourth places at the end of the 51-lap race distance. It was George’s third podium of the season after Australia and Spain, and the team’s fourth of the current campaign, with Lewis also having finished on the podium at the season opener in Bahrain. Max Verstappen became the sixth winner in the sixth Grand Prix contested on the Baku City Circuit. The 2022 Formula One season resumes in a few days with the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal.
Montreal, here we come: Next weekend, after a three-year absence, the premier class of motorsport returns to Île Notre-Dame for the first time since 2019. The Circuit Gilles Villeneuve will be hosting a Formula One race for the 41st time, although there have actually been 50 Canadian Grands Prix to date, with the inaugural race having been held at Mosport Park in 1967. The event was contested there on seven other occasions, and the remaining two races on Canadian soil were staged at Mont-Tremblant. Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton are the most successful drivers in Montreal, with a tally of seven wins and six pole positions each to their credit. The top team in this event is McLaren, with 13 wins to date, one ahead of Ferrari (12). The Mercedes F1 factory team has won the Canadian Grand Prix four times so far (2015-2019), with Lewis at the wheel of the Silver Arrow on each occasion. In total, Mercedes powered-cars have won ten times on the Île Notre-Dame; only Ford and Ferrari engines have registered more victories – twelve winners’ trophies each. The absolute lap record on the 4.36km circuit stands at 1:10.240 minutes, set by Sebastian Vettel in the 2019 qualifying, while the fastest race lap was clocked by Valtteri Bottas (1:13.078 minutes in 2019).
RAM Racing claim a brace of wins and several podiums in the Snetterton GT Cup: Last weekend’s third round of the 2022 British GT Cup Championship was held at the Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit in Norfolk. In a busy programme of four races, RAM Racing put in an impressive team performance to score two overall wins and three further podium finishes. Ian Loggie (GBR) driving the number 16 Mercedes-AMG GT3 followed up victory in Sunday morning’s race with a podium for third place in the afternoon. The veteran Scot had already made a P3 podium appearance the day before. Callum MacLeod and Mike Price (both GBR) also took third place in the number 11 sister car before claiming a maiden British GT Cup Championship victory in a Mercedes-AMG GT3 in the final race on Sunday.
The weekend in East Anglia was also rewarding for Make Happen Racing. Chris Hart and Stephan Walton in the number 69 car secured victory in the GT4 category in Race 3, while the number 96 Mercedes-AMG GT4 driven by Jon Currie (all GBR) added another second place in this class to a solid team performance.
Having secured such a satisfying set of results, the Mercedes-AMG Customer Racing teams can travel with confidence to the fourth round of the sprint series, which will be held at Oulton Park on 9 July. Show moreAdd to the Download CenterDownload Filter
