Archive for June, 2010
FIA may take action as Ferrari moan over Lewis Hamilton penalty
• Struggling Italian team accused of sour grapes• Fernando Alonso says European grand prix was manipulated Ferrari could face action from the FIA following their claims that Sunday’s European Grand Prix had been “manipulated”. A number of officials from the sport’s governing body are known to be angered by the Scuderia’s intemperate response after the [...]
Car review: Mercedes-Benz S350 CDI
Brimming with technology, the latest super clever Mercedes-Benz S-Class demands your attention Price £58,000MPG 37.2Top speed 155mph It’s dark. It’s late. You are feeling sleeeeepy. Your head feels heavy. Your eyes are beginning to clo… Wake up for goodness sake! You are supposed to be driving, not nodding off. Turn up the music, open the [...]
Fernando Alonso reopens old wounds as Lewis Hamilton extends lead
• Spaniard rages after British driver overtakes safety car• McLaren finish second and third behind Sebastian Vettel The European grand prix, traditionally siesta time for Formula One, proved as eventful as any in this compelling season and reopened the wounds in the relationship between Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton that had scarcely healed. Hamilton extended [...]
Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel tops qualifying for European Grand Prix
• Vettel finishes just ahead of team-mate Mark Webber• McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton impresses in third place Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel will look to end an unhappy trend this year after capturing his fourth pole position this season ahead of tomorrow’s European Grand Prix in Valencia, qualifying ahead of his team-mate Mark Webber and McLaren’s Lewis [...]
Jenson Button names Lewis Hamilton as the biggest threat to his title
• McLaren team-mate is main danger, says world champion• Qualifying remains a concern at tight Valencia circuit Jenson Button said today that his team-mate, Lewis Hamilton, has emerged ahead of Red Bull and Ferrari as the biggest challenger to his world champion crown. The pair have enjoyed a close working relationship this season but Hamilton [...]
Car review: Aston Martin Rapide V12
Looking for a new family hatchback? The 188mph Aston Martin Rapide is good enough for Mr and Mrs Bond Now that James Bond is longer in the tooth, he’s possibly considering settling down and starting a family. In which case he’ll need back seats, four doors and a bigger boot. He’ll need a hardworking saloon, [...]
Canadian Grand Prix: Lewis Hamilton predicts end of Red Bull dominance
McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton believes that the pace of the Red Bull team is now under threat after Canada GP. Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton says McLaren can cash in on Red Bull’s crash fall-out
• ‘We can capitalise on their faults and mistakes’• Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel have ‘less chemistry’ Lewis Hamilton says the McLaren team can exploit the difficulties in the Red Bull camp created by the crash between Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel in Istanbul two weeks ago. “Clearly they have less chemistry, less of a [...]
