The Euro 2020 final between Italy and England took place yesterday evening. With a two-week break after the Austrian GP, many in the F1 paddock got the time to invest in the football games, and the teams also verbally abused each other. When team pranks come up, everyone knows Mercedes is in the game. And so it happened this time too.
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Before the eagerly awaited Euro 2020, Mercedes trolled the Italian team. They cheekily attacked Ferrari by posting a video of their Twitter handle.
Then they asked their fans on the same Twitter thread: “It’s coming Rome or it’s coming home, what do you think?”
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Unfortunately, the German team’s tweet didn’t age well as Azzurri came back on both normal time and penalties to claim their second European Championship. And the Maranello team wasted no time striking back at Mercedes.
Ferrari replied hilariously: “It’s coming Rome, actually it just arrived!”
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Hamilton and Mercedes are looking for a comeback in their homeland
Unfortunately, Mercedes is also on the losing side in Formula 1, so to speak. The seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton has a winless series of five races behind him.
The Briton last experienced such a drought in 2016 – the year in which his team-mate Nico Rosberg beat him to the championship title. And with the next race, which will be held in Hamilton’s homeland, the Briton will try to end his winless drought in front of his home fans.
Formula 1 F1 – Austrian Grand Prix – Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Styria, Austria – July 4, 2021. Mercedes Lewis Hamilton during the REUTERS / Leonhard Foeger race.
However, it will be an uphill task for the reigning champion to stop title leader Max Verstappen, who is in ardent shape this season. Fortunately, Mercedes has a solid record at Silverstone; You have won almost every race on this track since 2013, with the exception of the 2018 season. Red Bull, on the other hand, last won in 2012 at Silverstone.
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Lewis Hamilton is currently on P2 in the drivers’ standings, 40 points behind arch-rivals Verstappen.
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