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  • Jenson Button heads Sport Personality Award shortlist

    Jenson Button has been installed as instant bookies’ favourite for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award after the broadcaster released its final shortlist of 10 names.

    Archive, F1
    BBC Sports Personality of the Year, Formula One, Jenson Button

  • GP2: Sam Bird to partner Bianchi at ART next year

    British driver Sam Bird has been confirmed at front-runners ART for the full GP2 season in 2010, building on the experience he is gaining with the team in the Asia series this winter.

    Archive, GP2
    ART, GP2, Jules Bianchi, Sam Bird

  • F1: McLaren say Button will be fully involved in car development

    Jenson Button will be fully involved in developing McLaren’s next-generation race car, according to team principal Martin Whitmarsh. And he has confirmed that the team will be sticking to its policy of allowing its drivers a free hand to race each other.

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

  • F1: 2009 season review

    A season that was prefaced by Honda’s shock departure from F1 and fears that Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello might reached the end of their racing careers ended with a fairytale double world championship for the Brawn GP shock. Other highlights included Rubens Barrichello’s first win since his days at Ferrari, the rise the Red…

    Archive, Uncategorized

  • Opinion: A Silver Arrow through Brawn’s heart?

    It’s barely been two weeks since the F1 season drew to a close with a mostly unexciting race in the opulence of Abu Dhabi that gave little indication of the thrilling eight months that preceded it. This week, however, both Jenson Button and Brawn GP have hardly been out of the headlines.

    Archive, F1, Opinion
    Brawn GP, Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, Ross Brawn

  • F1: Donington throws its hat back into the Formula One ring

    Wanted: people of vision to keep the dream of Formula One at Donington Park alive and bring a race to the ailing circuit in 2011. That’s the appeal made today by Donington Ventures Leisure Ltd administrator Nigel Price

    Archive, News
    Donington Park, Donington Ventures Leisure Limited

  • Ten great books about motorsport

    One of the best ways of getting insight into the world of racing is to read accounts by those who have been there and done it. Below is a list of books written either by drivers, respected motorsport journalists or some combination of the above which give a first-hand glimpse into the sport we all…

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  • Sadness for fans as Brawn’s perfect year ends in Mercedes buyout

    One perfect year – and then it was all over. Brawn GP is consigned to the pages of F1 history as the new Silver Arrows team takes to the grid – and Button still waits to firm up his 2010 drive.

    Archive, F1, News
    Brawn GP, Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, Mercedes, Nick Fry, Nick Heidfeld, Nico Rosberg, Ron Dennis, Ross Brawn

  • BARC Winter Series: Blomqvist Jr makes his mark at Rockingham

    The Rockingham Motor Speedway in Northamptonshire offered racing fans their last fix of the 2009 season on Saturday by hosting the final event in the BARC Winter Series.

    Archive, Events
    BARC Winter Series, Rockingham Motor Speedway

  • F1: Vettel secures runner-up spot with Abu Dhabi victory

    Sebastian Vettel led home a Red Bull 1-2 as the new Yas Marina circuit served up a contest every bit as dull as the billion-dollar venue was sparkling.

    Archive, F1
    Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel, Yas Marina Circuit

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