Tag: title
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 [...]
Lewis Hamilton confident he can still win F1 drivers’ title
• Lewis Hamilton trails leader Mark Webber by 20 points• Five drivers still in running ahead of Japanese grand prix Lewis Hamilton remains confident he can win the Formula One drivers’ title as he prepares to contest this weekend’s Japanese grand prix. The McLaren driver goes into the race at the Suzuka circuit 20 points [...]
Lewis Hamilton admits Formula One title hopes are in tatters
• Crash forces McLaren driver out of Singapore grand prix• Mark Webber 20 points ahead of former world champion Lewis Hamilton admitted last night that he may have blown his chances of a second Formula One world championship after he failed to finish for the third time in four races. The McLaren driver, who was [...]
Bernie Ecclestone’s F1 title idea earns no medals from Lewis Hamilton
• Ecclestone favours driver with most F1 GP wins as champion• ‘Out of the many ideas, this is potentially one of the worst’ Bernie Ecclestone has had his plans to introduce a gold-medal system to Formula One shot down by the past two world champions, the British pair of Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton. Despite [...]
Lewis Hamilton’s F1 title hopes hit by Hungarian grand prix retirement
• Hamilton forced out by transmission problem with McLaren• Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel handed 10-second penalty Lewis Hamilton, the leader of the Formula One drivers’ championship at the start of the day, saw his world title hopes take a blow after being forced to retire from the Hungarian grand prix. Hamilton had been losing time [...]
McLaren can still snatch the F1 title, insists Jenson Button
• Button plays down miserable showing at Hungaroring• ‘We are still very much in the hunt’ Jenson Button claims that McLaren’s world title hopes are far from over following a dismal Hungarian Grand Prix weekend – and that their consistency will pay off over the remaining seven races. Sunday’s race in Budapest ended with Button [...]
McLaren plan to stay united in chase for Formula One world title
• Team principal Martin Whitmarsh says ‘harmony’ is key• Red Bull and Ferrari have their own problems, he implies McLaren’s principal Martin Whitmarsh feels harmony is the key to winning this year’s Formula One world title, and he reckons his team have the best karma around. With McLaren sandwiched between Red Bull and Ferrari, Whitmarsh [...]
Jenson Button not ready to give in to Lewis Hamilton’s title charge
• Button needs to regain championship momentum• Driver wants to regain initiative, says McLaren team principal Jenson Button is up to the challenge of ending Lewis Hamilton’s recent charge, according to McLaren’s team principal. Martin Whitmarsh is in the fortunate position of having his two drivers out in front in the fight for the world [...]
Jenson Button names Lewis Hamilton as the biggest threat to his title
• McLaren team-mate is main danger, says world champion• Qualifying remains a concern at tight Valencia circuit Jenson Button said today that his team-mate, Lewis Hamilton, has emerged ahead of Red Bull and Ferrari as the biggest challenger to his world champion crown. The pair have enjoyed a close working relationship this season but Hamilton [...]
