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McLaren makeover could help Lewis Hamilton win the Spanish Grand Prix
• New raised nose was the focus of the car’s upgrades• Jenson Button fastest and Hamilton fourth in second practice McLaren, yearning to reprise their domination in the 1980s, face a defining challenge at the Circuit de Catalunya on Sunday afternoon, with the race in Barcelona marking makeover time for the Formula One cars. There [...]
Lewis Hamilton delivers astonishing eighth place in Spanish Grand Prix
• McLaren driver started from the back of the grid• Two-stop strategy works out despite pit-lane mistake When Lewis Hamilton ran into the Williams motorhome to congratulate Sir Frank Williams here on Sunday, it seemed reasonable to suppose that he was applying for a job. The gaffes are coming thick and fast at McLaren these [...]
Lewis Hamilton demoted from pole to back of grid at Spanish Grand Prix
• McLaren driver excluded from F1 qualifying over fuel rule• Hamilton stopped car on track rather than returning to pits Lewis Hamilton has been demoted from pole position to the back of the grid for Sunday’s Spanish Grand Prix for having too little fuel at the end of qualifying. It is the latest incident in [...]
Sebastian Vettel’s good start ensures victory in Bahrain Grand Prix
• Red Bull’s German goes to top of drivers’ championship• Lotus take second and third places Formula One got more than it deserved here on Sunday, a most eventful and sometimes thrilling Bahrain Grand Prix which delivered its fourth winner in as many races for the first time since 1983. Sebastian Vettel won his first [...]
Lewis Hamilton sets pace in practice at F1′s Bahrain Grand Prix
• McLaren’s Hamilton fastest for third successive F1 race• Sebastian Vettel and Paul di Resta second and third Lewis Hamilton led the way in first practice for the third consecutive race, ahead of for Sunday’s Bahrain Grand Prix. After topping the timesheet in Malaysia and China at the end of the opening 90-minute session, Hamilton [...]
Brilliant Chinese Grand Prix promises a thrilling F1 season | Paul Weaver
Underdogs winning and former champions scrapping for the minor placings? Long may this curious start continue For a couple of hours or so we were given respite from the topic which presides menacingly over Formula One like a thunder cloud, which is Bahrain and the abject folly of the decision to race there next Sunday. [...]
Lewis Hamilton hopeful of podium finish at Chinese Grand Prix
• Hamilton second fastest behind Schumacher in practice• McLaren driver to incur grid penalty for gearbox change Lewis Hamilton is relishing the prospect of fighting for a podium place this weekend following an encouraging start to his Chinese Grand Prix campaign. With his McLaren sporting an upgrade, Hamilton finished quickest at the end of a [...]
Lewis Hamilton’s McLaren leads practice for Malaysian Grand Prix
• Hamilton continues storming start to F1 season at Sepang• Jenson Button third behind Mercedes’ Michael Schumacher Lewis Hamilton completed a practice hat-trick as Mercedes power locked out the first four positions in Friday’s second session for the Malaysian Grand Prix. Hamilton’s time of 1min 38.021sec posted in the initial 90 -minute outing at the [...]
Lewis Hamilton pips Jenson Button in practice for Malaysian Grand Prix
• Lewis Hamilton fastest in stifling heat of Sepang• McLarens turn the heat on struggling Red Bull The Malaysian Grand Prix can be like an exceedingly noisy Turkish bath. Even if the bucketing rain does not get you – and if it does the race can be stopped, as was the case in 2009 – [...]
Jenson Button sorry for ‘horrendous’ race in Malaysian Grand Prix
• Button finishes 14th after crashing into another F1 car• ‘It was a terrible day, it was my fault’ says McLaren driver Jenson Button apologised to his McLaren team for his “horrendous” performance at the Malaysian Grand Prix. A remarkable race was won by Fernando Alonso in his unfancied Ferrari, with the outsider Sergio Pérez [...]
