29 Jan 2010: McLaren car launch: quotes of the day
So, what were the highlights of McLaren’s hour-long video feed of the launch and the following press conference?
So, what were the highlights of McLaren’s hour-long video feed of the launch and the following press conference?
The role of reserve driver for Force India is really going to mean something for young Scots hopeful and DTM star Paul di Resta, according to one F1 team principal.
Heard the one about the head of the Formula One Teams’ Association who was actually bothered with hearing what fans thought about the sport?
It’s official at last – McLaren has confirmed that Jenson Button will be leaving the team with which he won the 2010 drivers championship to drive alongside fellow Brit Lewis Hamilton next year.
It should be the venue for the climactic race of the season. Instead, Brazil’s Interlagos has been relegated to the penultimate slot in favour of an untried venue already beloved of the F1 establishment – but which still needs to win over fans.
Jenson Button could theoretically win the Formula One Drivers’ Championship at Suzuka this weekend if he finishes far enough ahead of team-mate Rubens Barrichello.
Red Bull’s Mark Webber has admitted on the eve of the Singapore Grand Prix that he has no realistic hope of winning the Formula One drivers’ title.
Brawn GP’s Rubens Barrichello and Jenson Button struck what may turn out to be the killer blows in their battle with Red Bull Racing by finishing first and second in the Italian Grand Prix while their rivals struggled.
It’s the eve of the Italian Grand Prix and the championship is wide open. You’re looking down the Monza straight and contemplating the fact that Ferrari and McLaren will be able to use that magic KERS button not once but twice as qualifying kicks off.
Rubens Barrichello reversed Brawn GP’s sliding fortunes at Valencia by taking his first Formula One win since 2004 – with a little help from a botched McLaren pitstop that cost Lewis Hamilton the lead, and perhaps the victory.