News Details

Ocon nearly took Hamilton's place in Germany because of illness!

Reigning champion Lewis Hamilton has revealed he was close to tapping out of the German Grand Prix this weekend due to illness, with Mercedes reserve driver Esteban Ocon almost taking the Brit's place on Saturday. Despite his illness, the 34-year-old drove both FP3 as well as qualifying on Saturday, keeping Ocon on the sidelines. Hamilton pulled out a pole position during the afternoon, with both Ferrari cars breaking down as the session progressed.  Asked by Autosport afterwards, Hamilton admitted he was close to folding at the Hockenheimring. "I wasn't feeling good this morning, bit of a sore throat," he said during the press conference after qualifying....
Full Story »
6y ago from GPBlog.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Hamilton was nearly replaced by Ocon at Hockenheim

Lewis Hamilton has revealed that he came close to dropping out of...
6y ago from GPFans.com

Ocon still targeting a race seat at Mercedes for 2020

Mercedes reserve driver Esteban Ocon is confident he'll return to active...
6y ago from F1i.com

Toto Wolff: Valtteri Bottas talks set for summer,...

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff says he expects to finalise the team’s...
6y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Ferrari 'illness' bad for F1 - Wolff

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff says Ferrari's "illness" is...
6y ago from GPFans.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

How Alex Marquez overcame MotoGP doubts to finish...

Alex Marquez has revealed he previously questioned his ability to compete...
14h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Gresini Ducati launches 2026 MotoGP livery

Gresini Ducati has unveiled its 2026 MotoGP livery at its official team...
16h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Arsenal board issue brutal ultimatum to Arteta after...

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta is reportedly under pressure from the club...
20h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Arsenal stroll back to winning ways against outclassed...

would be a touch too hyperbolic to suggest this was a season-defining...
9h ago from TheGuardian.com

Player ratings: Leeds 0-4 Arsenal

Arsenal got back to winning ways in emphatic fashion with a 4-0 thrashing...
7h ago from FreshArsenal.com

Merson: Dominant Leeds victory has won Arsenal Premier...

Paul Merson says Arsenal's dominant victory at Leeds will go down as the...
10h ago from SkySports.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.