Tag: Martin
Lewis Hamilton’s grace in adversity impresses Martin Whitmarsh
• McLaren driver showed true greatness, says team principal• Jenson Button concerned by cars’ lack of race pace McLaren’s under-fuelling fiasco may have ruined Lewis Hamilton’s Spanish Grand Prix but it appears to have strengthened his position within the team. The McLaren team principal, Martin Whitmarsh, has been impressed by the way Hamilton responded to [...]
Martin Brundle urges Lewis Hamilton to get his head right for 2012
• Race commentator calls on McLaren to be competitive• Former Benetton driver joined at Sky by other BBC staff Martin Brundle, who was confirmed on Wednesday as one of Sky Sports’ Formula One commentary team next season alongside other figures from the BBC’s coverage – David Croft and Ted Kravitz – has emphasised the need [...]
Martin Whitmarsh: McLaren and Ferrari can put brakes on Red Bulls
McLaren team principal believes Lewis Hamilton’s win in German Grand Prix will end talk of a runaway Sebastian Vettel world title Two weeks ago, after his cars had qualified fifth and 10th for the British Grand Prix, Martin Whitmarsh, the McLaren team principal, took the unusual step of beginning a press conference by admitting his [...]
Martin Whitmarsh believes Red Bull will get ‘defensive’ in title race
McLaren’s team principal, Martin Whitmarsh, says the Red Bull drivers are likely to get ‘defensive and tight’ in Korea It is only five races since Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button arrived in Hungary leading the drivers’ championship but after a devastating sequence of results another poor weekend here will, realistically, kill their title ambitions. Button [...]
Car review: Lexus 250 ISC | Martin Love
Lexus’s luxurious new four-seat convertible should be a no brainer. But Martin Love finds himself in two minds LEXUS 250 ISC£34,550MILES PER GALLON: 31CO2 PER KM: 214 GRAMSGOOD FOR: MAYBAD FOR: DECEMBERIt is an irony of modern life that the more choice we are offered, the less we seem able to make a decision. We [...]
Why the car you drive says nothing about you
It used to be so easy – German-built good; made in Japan bad. But these days, cars are learning to keep their owner’s secrets So, what you driving these days?” It’s an innocuous question, and one that’s posed with blood-cooling regularity. At face value, it’s just a dull, conversational opener. No one’s actually interested in [...]
Volvo C30 R-Design | Martin Love
For years it was a euphemism for tedium, but the new generation of Volvos is – steady now – exciting Close your eyes for a moment and think of Volvo. What’s the first image that floats into your mind? Is it a slab-sided, square-shouldered estate? Can you see the driver? He’s probably a grey-haired pensioner [...]
Car review: The Yeti and the Bipper Tepee | Martin Love
What’s in a name? Two new cars bring a little fun to the po-faced world of automotive nomenclatures My youngest daughter used to go to nursery school with a pair of twins. Their names, magnificently, were Hosanna and Goodnews. You may not be surprised to learn that their father was a missionary. I could never [...]
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, [...]
Car review: electric cars | Martin Love
The new generation of electric cars is going further than ever before – or so current thinking goes… If you have ever driven a remote-control toy car, you will have experienced – in miniature – the pros and cons of driving a full-scale, grown-up electric vehicle (EV). You’ll have appreciated the instant, clean power harnessed [...]
