Archive for August, 2010
Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button happy to be treated equally at McLaren
• Hamilton denies needing special help from McLaren to win title• Button does not feel his chances will suffer because of rivalry Lewis Hamilton says he requires no special help from his McLaren team in order to win his second Formula One world title. While Ferrari are in the dock next week for asking their [...]
Lewis Hamilton wins Belgian grand prix after Button-Vettel clash
• Hamilton returns to top of drivers’ standings with win• Mark Webber says Red Bull must decide who is team’s No1 McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton won an incident-packed Belgian grand prix to seize back the Formula One championship lead from Red Bull’s Mark Webber. After the race, Webber, who began on pole but finished second, called [...]
Lewis Hamilton fined for performing boy-racer tricks
Australian magistrate orders British F1 star to pay A0 for ‘behaving like a hoon’ British motor racing star Lewis Hamilton has been fined A0 (£288) for “behaving like a hoon” and performing boy-racer stunts in Melbourne. The Formula One driver had been caught by police executing a “burnout” and “fishtail” – tricks in which wheels [...]
Lewis Hamilton hopes McLaren get some Spa relief at Belgian grand prix
• Hamilton optimistic that car’s potential can be unlocked• Sebastian Vettel confident of Red Bull success in Spa Lewis Hamilton heads to Spa this weekend hopeful that McLaren have found the key to unlocking the potential of his car. The race in Belgium is vital for McLaren after their worst weekend of the year in [...]
Car review: Vauxhall Meriva
Suffering from back pain? Chuck out the Nurofen and buy a new Vauxhall Meriva – soon to be hated by osteopaths Price £12,995 MPG 57.6CO2 per km 129 grams It’s one of the trickiest and potentially more embarrassing manoeuvres a driver has to perform – the roadside loo break. Crouching in the lee of an [...]
Lewis Hamilton crashes during rain-hit German grand prix practice
• Crash limits Hamilton to just 12 minutes on the track• Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso sets fastest practice time The championship leader, Lewis Hamilton, endured a frustrating start to his German grand prix weekend as he crashed during a rain-hit first practice and was forced to sit out almost the entire second session while his car [...]
Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel claims pole position for Hungarian grand prix
• German’s Red Bull team-mate Mark Webber to start second• McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button 5th and 11th Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel has claimed pole position for the Hungarian grand prix tomorrow after today’s qualifying. His team-mate will start second, which means Red Bull have their sixth all-front row of this year’s championship. Vettel [...]
Car review: Citroën DS3
The DS of the 1950s may have been divinely inspired, but will Citroën’s new DS3 win a cult following? Price £10,875 MPG 48.7Top speed 114mph For some fearful souls, danger lurks round every corner. But when I told my young daughter’s friend that there was a shark riding in the back of Citroën’s new supermini, [...]
Lewis Hamilton’s F1 title hopes hit by Hungarian grand prix retirement
• Hamilton forced out by transmission problem with McLaren• Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel handed 10-second penalty Lewis Hamilton, the leader of the Formula One drivers’ championship at the start of the day, saw his world title hopes take a blow after being forced to retire from the Hungarian grand prix. Hamilton had been losing time [...]
McLaren can still snatch the F1 title, insists Jenson Button
• Button plays down miserable showing at Hungaroring• ‘We are still very much in the hunt’ Jenson Button claims that McLaren’s world title hopes are far from over following a dismal Hungarian Grand Prix weekend – and that their consistency will pay off over the remaining seven races. Sunday’s race in Budapest ended with Button [...]
