Tag: Jenson
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 [...]
Title dream over but Jenson Button relishes battle with Lewis Hamilton
• ‘It’s a lot of fun racing with Lewis – we push each other hard’ • Button delights in overtaking move on Michael Schumacher Jenson Button has acknowledged that while the fight for the Formula One world championship is over, his battle with his McLaren team-mate Lewis Hamilton will continue and that the action on [...]
Jenson Button putting F1 team-mate Lewis Hamilton in the shade
Button the more impressive in pursuit of Sebastian Vettel• ‘I am the happiest I have been with the car’ Lewis Hamilton’s accident-prone season has cost him any realistic chance of catching Formula One’s champion-elect Sebastian Vettel. But now Hamilton, after a season peppered with incidents with other drivers and confrontations with race stewards, faces a [...]
Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button insist they can still win world title
With the season halfway through, Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button believe they can still catch Sebastian Vettel The McLaren drivers Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button have insisted they are still fighting for the world championship, a claim strongly reinforced when Hamilton put his car on the front row for Sunday’s German Grand Prix at the [...]
McLaren has the speed to challenge Red Bull, claims Jenson Button
Button believes temperatures in Hungary will suit McLarens English driver says Vettel ‘lucked into fourth’ in Germany Jenson Button believes the improved pace McLaren showed at the German Grand Prix, won by his team-mate Lewis Hamilton, was not a one-off and that his team will be challenging strongly again at the Hungaroring, his 200th grand [...]
Jenson Button believes he can still catch Sebastian Vettel
• Button trails the championship leader by 90 points • ‘It is going to be a phenomenal end to the season’ Jenson Button believes his win in Hungary on Sunday means the fight for the title is far from over, despite trailing the championship leader, Sebastian Vettel, by 100 points. Buoyed by McLaren’s race pace, [...]
McLaren tell Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button to carry on racing
• ‘We are not about to compromise our values’• F1 teams unhappy about provisional 2012 calendar Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton will continue battling each other on the track this season, even though it could hamper their respective title chances. The battle between the two McLaren drivers was a highlight of the race at the [...]
Jenson Button believes McLaren will bounce back at German Grand Prix
Mark Webber and Fernando Alonso set the pace Jenson Button is optimistic that McLaren will be back fighting with Red Bull and Ferrari at the German Grand Prix after he and team-mate Lewis Hamilton both suffered at Silverstone last time out. Button had to retire at the British Grand Prix two weeks ago after exiting [...]
Lewis Hamilton keeps me on my toes, says Jenson Button
Jenson Button has said that having Lewis Hamilton as a team-mate is not “a stress-free situation”. Button, though, has enjoyed being kept on his toes by his fellow Briton over the past 18 months since joining McLaren. Hamilton has had the upper hand, out-qualifying Button by a ratio of 19-9 in their 28 grands prix [...]
Vodafone – Jenson & Lewis: one tent and a festival
Vodafone – Jenson & Lewis: one tent and a festival. Jenson Button & Lewis Hamilton set up camp at their favourite music festival early…very early. If you want to get your hands on tickets for some of Britain’s hottest festivals this summer before they go on general sale, visit vip.vodafone.co.uk
