Button: Lewis under pressure July 3, 2014 FORMER world champion Jenson Button has piled the pressure on Lewis Hamilton to kick-start his bid for another Formula One drivers’ title by winning Sunday’s British Grand Prix. Hamilton arrives at Silverstone desperate to make up ground on his Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg, who leads the standings eight races into the 19-date F1 calendar. Button, [...]
Rosberg extends F1 title lead over Hamilton June 22, 2014 BRITAIN’S Lewis Hamilton was left to rue his botched qualifying run after summoning a superb race to finish narrowly behind Mercedes team-mate and eventual winner Nico Rosberg at the Austrian Grand Prix yesterday. Hamilton started ninth on the grid but made up five places on a blistering first lap alone and crossed the line just [...]
Schumacher out of a coma June 16, 2014 SEVEN-TIME Formula One champion Michael Schumacher is out of a coma and has been moved to a hospital in Switzerland. The development, announced yesterday by his management, is the most encouraging indication of recovery since he suffered life-threatening head injuries while skiing in France late last year. Schumacher’s camp said the 45-year-old German, who retired [...]
Don’t blow title bid, Hamilton tells Mercedes June 8, 2014 BRITAIN’S Lewis Hamilton has urged Mercedes to correct the reliability problems that saw him lose ground on world championship leader and team-mate Nico Rosberg in last night’s Canadian Grand Prix. Hamilton retired on lap 48 of 70 after suffering an overheating issue that impacted on his brakes, while the same problem afflicted Rosberg, who lost [...]
Alonso eyes Ferrari improvement June 5, 2014 FORMULA ONE: Double world champion Fernando Alonso believes Ferrari can close the gap on runaway leaders Mercedes at this weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix. Alonso said: “We’ve performed well the last four years here. I expect to have good points at the end of the race.”
Hamilton holds off Rosberg in Mercedes duel April 6, 2014 BRITAIN’S Lewis Hamilton believes he lacked the pace of team-mate Nico Rosberg at the Bahrain Grand Prix over the weekend, despite emerging victorious from yesterday’s thrilling duel between the Mercedes drivers. Rosberg started at the front of the grid after qualifying fastest, yet Hamilton gained the lead on the first corner and defiantly resisted a [...]
Button cheered by boost to plan for central London grand prix February 27, 2014 FORMER world champion Jenson Button’s dream of racing in a Formula One grand prix through London’s streets could yet become a reality after the government launched a six-week consultation yesterday into staging closed-road motor sports events. Governing body the Motor Sports Association is hoping to change legislation that currently prohibits races from being staged on [...]
Grand pix – Ecclestone and his Formula 1 pals to auction snaps February 6, 2014 THE STARS of Formula One will be screeching into town this evening for Zoom, a charity auction at the InterContinental Park Lane. Proving their talents lie beyond the pits, they’ll be auctioning off signed photographs taken by themselves in aid of Great Ormond Street. “Zoom gives a taste of what the lives of the F1 drivers [...]
Vettel calm after testing trouble January 29, 2014 FORMULA ONE: World champion Sebastian Vettel is refusing to panic after a troublesome start to pre-season testing in Jerez, having completed just 11 laps in two days. Formula One has changed rules regarding engine specification and chassis design. Vettel said: “With such a big rule change it’s usual to have teething problems.”
Vettel prays for Schumacher miracle January 28, 2014 FORMULA ONE: World champion Sebastian Vettel says it will be a “miracle” if Michael Schumacher makes a full recovery from the brain injury suffered while skiing last month. “We still don’t know what shape he will be in when he wakes up,” Vettel said of seven-time champion Schumacher, who is in an induced coma. “I [...]