Vettel: Red Bull confidence knocked April 25, 2012 ■ FORMULA ONE: World champion Sebastian Vettel admits Red Bull have been knocked by their indifferent start to the season. The sport’s dominant team of the past two years took until last weekend’s Bahrain Grand Prix – race four – to win and Vettel said: “It is tight and we’re not as confident as we [...]
Hamilton goes top as Rosberg takes China win April 15, 2012 BRITAIN’S Lewis Hamilton surged to the top of the drivers’ championship with a third-place finish at the Chinese Grand Prix yesterday, before blaming a grid penalty for denying him a first race win of the season. Hamilton sneaked past world champion Sebastian Vettel two laps from the finish to secure a podium place in Shanghai, [...]
Sauber deny fixing Alonso Malaysia win March 25, 2012 Conspiracy theories raised after Ferrari star pips youngster Perez in rain-affected Sepang race SAUBER chiefs were forced to deny claims they conspired to let Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso win the Malaysian Grand Prix, after the Spaniard claimed top spot in the world championship at torrential Sepang yesterday. Alonso was just half a second ahead of Sauber [...]
I’ll carry on sulking, says Hamilton, as McLaren target consecutive wins March 22, 2012 BRITAIN’S Lewis Hamilton insists he will not hide his disappointment if he fails to live up to his lofty expectations at this weekend’s Malaysian Grand Prix. Hamilton cut a disgruntled figure on the podium in Australia last week after squandering pole position and finishing third, while team-mate Jenson Button won. “I was disappointed and I [...]
Button and McLaren start the new season on top Down Under March 18, 2012 Vettel has to settle for second as British pair send out early warning to Red Bull MCLAREN driver Jenson Button insists he is equipped to challenged for the world championship after his new MP4-27 vehicle propelled him to a commanding victory in the first race of the new season in Melbourne. Button finished 2.2 seconds [...]
Lewis can forget Red Bull March 14, 2012 FORMER world champion Lewis Hamilton has been told he can forget about joining Red Bull next season by their team principal Christian Horner. The new Formula One season gets underway in Melbourne this weekend with speculation already rife as to where Hamilton will begin the 2013 campaign with his contract at McLaren due to expire [...]
Red Bull fear Button more than Lewis March 7, 2012 RED BULL chief Christian Horner expects Englishman Jenson Button to pose the biggest threat to his team’s dominance in the coming season. Horner (inset) rates 2009 world champion Button sterner competition than his McLaren team-mate and compatriot Lewis Hamilton, who won the title in 2008. Red Bull and No1 driver Sebastian Vettel are looking to [...]
McLaren pair aim to be Red Bull fighters November 28, 2011 BRITISH pair Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton have vowed to knock Red Bull off the podium and reassert McLaren’s dominance next season. Australia’s Mark Webber capped a record-breaking year for the team by winning Sunday’s Brazilian Grand Prix, with colleague Sebastian Vettel signing off his emphatic world title defence with a rare second place. Button [...]
Whitmarsh Button theory is ‘rubbish’, says Hamilton November 10, 2011 MCLAREN team principal Martin Whitmarsh’s suggestion that Lewis Hamilton’s form has been adversely affected by the success of team-mate Jenson Button has been dismissed as “rubbish” by the 2008 world champion. Although both men have been left trailing in the wake of Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel this season, Button has fared better, particularly in recent [...]
Vettel dominates in India as McLaren order Lewis to make up with Massa October 30, 2011 WORLD champion Sebastian Vettel continued his domination of the Formula One season by claiming victory at the maiden Indian Grand Prix. It was the German’s (right) 11th win of an utterly dominant campaign as he led from start to finish at the Buddh International Circuit and came in over eight seconds ahead of Jenson Button. [...]