Tag: McLaren
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’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 and Jenson Button secure McLaren one-two in qualifying for Malaysian GP
• Lewis Hamilton secures second successive pole position• Michael Schumacher takes third for Mercedes Lewis Hamilton spearheaded an all-McLaren front row on the day Michael Schumacher secured his best grid position for five and a half years. After securing pole last week in Australia, Hamilton made it two in a row for the first time [...]
Lewis Hamilton stresses McLaren positives and knuckles down for China
• Lewis Hamilton says qualifying performances show strengths• ‘The team have done a fantastic job to get us where we are’ Lewis Hamilton has said he will look at the positives rather than the negatives after finishing third in the two first Formula One races of the season but admitted: “I should have 50 points, [...]
Jenson Button’s tilt at another F1 championship excites McLaren
• Team chief says Button has ‘good chance of a proper title run’• McLaren balance of power swings against Lewis Hamilton McLaren have backed Jenson Button to repeat his world championship success of 2009 following his stunning win in the season’s opening race here on Sunday. McLaren, famously, do not have a preferred driver. They [...]
Lewis Hamilton: F1′s first four races may settle my McLaren future
• 2008 world champion’s contract expires at end of year• ‘My decision will be based on more than just the car’ Lewis Hamilton believes his future at McLaren could be decided over the first four races of the Formula One season. “They will definitely play a role,” he said, as he prepared for the opening [...]
Ecclestone: Lewis Hamilton may leave McLaren if he fails to perform
• Ecclestone doubts Hamilton will end career with McLaren• F1 supremo wants to see Michael Schumacher at Red Bull Lewis Hamilton will split from McLaren if he repeats last year’s disappointing season, according to the Formula One principal rights holder Bernie Ecclestone. Last year was Hamilton’s worst in F1. He finished fifth in the world [...]
Formula One 2012: The New Vodafone Mclaren Mercedes MP4-27
The New Vodafone Mclaren Mercedes MP4-27 + plus interviews with Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton, Gary Paffett & Oliver Turvey
Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton praise ‘fantastic’ new McLaren car
• MP4-27 will be driven by Button for the first time next Tuesday• Hamilton: ‘It’s the most refined car we’ve had for some time’ Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton have unveiled McLaren’s latest challenger which they hope will power them to Formula One success this season. After finishing second and fifth respectively in last year’s [...]
McLaren gag Lewis Hamilton after Adrian Sutil brands him ‘a coward’
• Sutil angered by Hamilton’s failure to testify at his trial• German found guilty of causing grievous bodily harm McLaren have gagged Lewis Hamilton after Adrian Sutil described his former close friend as “a coward”. Sutil was outraged after Hamilton did not testify at the 29-year-old German’s trial this week, with Hamilton’s lawyer informing the [...]
