Alonso released from hospital but set to miss final test session February 25, 2015 TWO-TIME Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso is recuperating at home after being released from hospital yesterday, three days after crashing into a wall during testing. The Spaniard is to be replaced by McLaren reserve driver Kevin Magnussen for the final pre-season test, which starts today, as he recovers from concussion, despite the team’s insistence [...]
Alonso escapes crash at testing February 22, 2015 TWO-TIME world champion Fernando Alonso escaped without injury after a heavy crash on the final day of pre-season testing at the Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona yesterday. An ambulance was dispatched after the McLaren driver hit the wall on the exit of the 150mph turn three, before being airlifted to hospital. McLaren confirmed scan results showed [...]
Strongest material on Earth: Limpet teeth could be used to build Formula 1 cars, planes and human fillings February 18, 2015 Go to the dentist and you could soon come away with a limpet filling – the sea creature's teeth contain a material stronger than anything discovered or created before, and this has the potential for use by humans. By pulling the teeth apart all the way down to individual atoms in a laboratory, engineers at [...]
Red Bull camouflage car design causes a stir February 2, 2015 RED BULL team boss Christian Horner has hailed the benefits of running their 2015 car with a so-called camouflaged livery during pre-season testing in Spain. Horner believes the vehicle’s distinctive black and white design has made it more difficult for rivals to detect design modifications during the four-day session in Jerez. “To see a Red [...]
Immature Lewis provoked Alonso row, says Dennis December 11, 2014 MCLAREN chairman Ron Dennis aimed a swipe at former protege Lewis Hamilton yesterday after hailing Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso as the best racing line-up in Formula One. The pair were presented after the Woking team ended months of uncertainty by handing Button, 34, a new one-year deal and relegating Kevin Magnussen, 22, to reserve [...]
Button set to learn F1 future December 10, 2014 BRITISH former world champion Jenson Button’s Formula One future is set to become clearer today when McLaren chiefs confirm their driver line-up for next season. Button and 2013-14 team-mate Kevin Magnussen are vying for the remaining seat, with Spaniard Fernando Alonso poised to return to the team from Ferrari. The Englishman, 34, who won the [...]
Button in limbo as McLaren stall driver line-up decision – again December 4, 2014 BRITISH former Formula One world champion Jenson Button has been left in limbo after McLaren yesterday again delayed an anticipated announcement on his future with the team. McLaren were expected to name their two drivers for next season, with Button and Kevin Magnussen vying to stay on alongside Fernando Alonso, who is set to return [...]
Sport Comment: Why Lewis Hamilton shouldn’t worry about popularity contest November 27, 2014 LEWIS Hamilton will draw a measure of comfort if he fails to become BBC Sports Personality of the Year. Becoming Britain’s first double Formula One world champion in more than 40 years, plus a bumper new contract likely to earn him more than £100m, will provide a soothing balm. Yet this is a shame. For [...]
Lewis Hamilton’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix win celebrated by Rentokil’s landscaping arm Ambius in flower portrait November 23, 2014 There might be some sore heads in the City this morning as F1 fans all over Britain celebrated along with Lewis Hamilton yesterday, having watched him clinch his second drivers’ world championship in Abu Dhabi. But some celebrated his triumph in a slightly different and we dare say, odd way. London-listed pest control giant [...]
Hamilton toasts greatest victory as Mercedes aim to seal contract November 23, 2014 MERCEDES chiefs vowed to keep Lewis Hamilton at the team “for a long time” after the British driver clinched his second Formula One world championship in Abu Dhabi yesterday. Hamilton won his 11th grand prix of the season as a mechanical failure prevented colleague and closest title rival Nico Rosberg from turning the decider into [...]