Category: Lewis Hamilton Updates
Mark Webber wins the Brazilian Grand Prix ahead of Sebastian Vettel
• Jenson Button finishes third to secure second in championship• Lewis Hamilton retires with gearbox trouble on lap 48 Mark Webber won his first race of the season on Sunday, as Red Bull achieved their third one-two of the season. It was a less happy race for McLaren, Lewis Hamilton retiring on lap 48 with [...]
Lewis Hamilton and Felipe Massa make peace after Brazilian Grand Prix
• On-track feud ends in hugs and smiles• Hamilton looks forward to next season Lewis Hamilton’s best moment in São Paulo on Sunday came after the Brazilian Grand Prix when he made his peace with Felipe Massa, his nemesis throughout the season. The McLaren driver went over to Massa in the paddock and the pair [...]
Five things to make Formula One more exciting | Paul Weaver
It has been a good season in F1 but a few changes could see next year become more competitive, captivating and accessible Make it more competitive Sebastian Vettel won his second world championship with a stifled yawn and four races still to go. Red Bull won the constructors’ title in the next race. This has [...]
Lewis Hamilton focused on returning to winning ways and enjoying life
• McLaren have spoken to me about re-signing, says driver• A positive year would mean winning the world title Lewis Hamilton considers himself fortunate that he is still wanted by McLaren, he admitted on Monday, at the end of the most frustrating season in his Formula One career. McLaren want to sign up Hamilton beyond [...]
Formula One review of the year: Stars and gripes of the 2011 season | Paul Weaver
From the rain of the Canadian Grand Prix to the pain surrounding the Bahrain race that wasn’t Best race Canada – and I almost missed it. There was a two-hour delay because of rain and because of time differences and deadlines we all had to start writing halfway through the race. We had our heads [...]
Review of the 2011 Formula One season | Giles Richards
Sebastian Vettel found another gear his rivals could not match but the season’s best piece of overtaking was by Mark Webber RACE OF THE SEASON The Canadian Grand Prix: a stone cold classic as well as being the longest ever to count towards the world championship at 4hr 4min 39sec. Jenson Button won after pitting [...]
Lewis Hamilton handed three-place grid penalty for Indian Grand Prix
• Hamilton can now qualify only fourth at the highest• ‘I accept whatever penalty I get,’ says McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton delivered his season in a microcosm in the opening practice session at the new Buddh International Circuit. He stormed round to become the first pacesetter in Formula One in India but was then given [...]
Lewis Hamilton admits he has lost his ‘big, positive bubble’
• ‘People don’t understand the problems I’ve been going through’ • Hamilton says team-mate Jenson Button has outdriven him Lewis Hamilton has admitted that his bubble has burst and he needs more support, following the most difficult season of his career. Hamilton has won only two races, been involved in collisions and run-ins with officials [...]
Lewis Hamilton and Felipe Massa’s feud is unhealthy but not unusual | Richard Williams
After six collisions in one season the Englishman and the Brazilian are trashing F1′s etiquette as well as their cars Perhaps even Lewis Hamilton and Felipe Massa don’t know how their feud got started. It could have been when Hamilton snatched the world championship from a bitterly disappointed Massa in front of the Brazilian’s hometown [...]
McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button top F1 practice in Abu Dhabi
• Hamilton leads second F1 practice after Button fastest in first• Ferraris head Red Bull of world champion Sebastian Vettel They are still more used to camel racing in these parts but Lewis Hamilton provided something a little more urgent with the quickest time in the second practice session for Sunday’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix [...]
