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  • F1: High-speed horror for Buemi as McLarens top Shanghai practice

    McLaren’s Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton each topped one of the two Friday practice sessions for Sunday’s Chinese Grand Prix – but both drivers warned fans not to expect the same dominance in qualifying.

    Archive, F1
    Chinese Grand Prix, Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton, Paul di Resta, Sebastien Buemi, Shanghai International Circuit

  • F1: McLaren fastest in Melbourne practice as Ferrari bide their time

    McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button set the best times in a fragmented Friday practice for the Australian Grand Prix as red flags disrupted the first session and rain the second.

    Archive, F1
    Albert Park Street Circuit, Australian Grand Prix, F1 practice, Force India, Formula One, Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton, Paul di Resta

  • F1: Stevenage boy racer in bother again

    Lewis Hamilton might just be feeling that he never wants to hear about the Australian Grand Prix again at the moment.

    Archive, F1
    Australian Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton, McLaren

  • F1 testing: Vettel fastest as di Resta and Lotus make debuts

    World championship contenders Sebastian Vettel, Lewis Hamilton and Felipe Massa were fastest as pre-season testing resumed at Jerez, while Michael Schumacher completed the most laps of anyone down in sixth place on the time sheets.

    Archive, F1
    Circuito de Jerez, F1 testing, Lewis Hamilton, Paul di Resta, Sebastian Vettel

  • F1: Stakes rarely higher as McLaren prepares for car launch

    Fans of Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button will get their first glimpse on January 29 of the car they hope will win the 2010 Formula One World Championship.

    Archive, F1
    Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, MP4-25

  • Button beaten to BBC Sports Personality of the Year award by Giggs

    Jenson Button missed the chance to score a psychological victory over his new team-mate Lewis Hamilton when he could only finish runner-up in the voting for BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award.

    Archive, Media, News
    BBC Sports Personality of the Year, Jenson Button

  • Wilson tests for McLaren at wet and windy Silverstone

    Indy Lights hopeful Stefan Wilson has cashed in his prize for winning the Autosport BRDC Young Driver award – a Formula One test drive at Silverstone in Lewis Hamilton’s championship-winning McLaren.

    Archive, F1, Firestone Indy Lights
    McLaren, McLaren Autosport BRDC Young Driver of the Year, Stefan Wilson

  • F1: McLaren look to make a splash at Yas Marina

    McLaren’s Heikki Kovalainen and Lewis Hamilton topped the timesheets during a twilight second practice session at the inaugural Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

    Archive, F1
    Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Brawn GP, F1 practice, Formula One, Heikki Kovalainen, Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, Red Bull Racing, Sebastian Vettel, Yas Marina Circuit

  • F3: Euroseries champion Bianchi heads to GP2

    Jules Bianchi won the F3 Euroseries title in Dijon and has been promoted to GP2 by his team ART, the same outfit that sent Lewis Hamilton, Nico Rosberg, Romain Grosjean and – probably – Nico Hulkenberg into Formula One.

    Archive, British F3
    Alexander Sims, F3 Euro Series, Sam Bird

  • F1: Vettel’s display keeps the Brawns at bay

    Sebastian Vettel kept up the pressure on Jenson Button and Brawn GP with a commanding win in the Japanese Grand Prix, surviving a start-line challenge from Lewis Hamilton to cruise to victory.

    Archive, F1
    Formula One, Japanese Grand Prix, Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel

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