Tag: prix
Jenson Button wins Australian Grand Prix ahead of Vettel and Hamilton
McLaren driver puts in commanding performance, overcoming safety car setback to take chequered flag Jenson Button has won his third Australian Grand Prix in four years, passing team-mate Lewis Hamilton on the first corner of the race and going on to dominate Albert Park until the flag fell in the early evening sunshine. It was [...]
Lewis Hamilton sets pace in Brazilian Grand Prix practice
• Lewis Hamilton pips Sebastian Vettel in afternoon session• Mark Webber is fastest in earlier Brazilian GP practice Lewis Hamilton’s outstanding recent form continued here on Friday when he beat Sebastian Vettel to top place in the second practice session for Sunday’sBrazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos. He beat the German world champion’s car by 0.167sec, [...]
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 [...]
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 wins Abu Dhabi Grand Prix as Sebastian Vettel retires
• Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button finish second and third• Vettel retires on first lap after suffering a puncture Lewis Hamilton’s language sometimes contains such hyperbole that some of his statements need to be taken in conjunction with the nearest available salt mine. So when he described his victory here on Sunday as one of [...]
Lewis Hamilton revels in the rain in Korean Grand Prix practice
Lewis Hamilton topped the timings in Friday’s second practice session ahead of the Korean Grand Prix, with both practice periods, the first headed by Michael Schumacher, conducted in wet conditions. Hamilton was 0.104sec ahead of his team-mate Jenson Button with Sebastian Vettel, who took third place, a further 1.7sec adrift. The running may not be [...]
Lewis Hamilton: ‘I just wasn’t quick enough’ in Japanese Grand Prix
• ‘I drove as hard as I could,’ says Hamilton after fifth-place finish • Briton accepts no blame for accident involving Felipe Massa Lewis Hamilton has admitted he was simply not quick enough during a poor performance at the Japanese Grand Prix, where he finished fifth, but has also attempted to further defuse any antagonism [...]
Lewis Hamilton takes centre stage as F1 promotes Indian Grand Prix
• Hamilton puts Singapore GP disappointment behind him• McLaren driver takes to streets in 2008 title-winning car Lewis Hamilton may have left Singapore on Sunday barely saying a word, but on Tuesday he left an astonishing 40,000 crowd in India baying for more. Hamilton put his on-track woes and off-track feuds behind him as he [...]
