McLaren boss Martin Whitmarsh has hinted Lewis Hamilton is lucky to avoid an internal punishment as the result of the ‘Twittergate’ affair. The 2008 world champion is believed to have ...
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Win from pole crucial for fading title challenge – Button
Jenson Button has acknowledged a win from pole in Belgium on Sunday is crucial for his fading world championship hopes. This season’s first winner, Button’s 2012 campaign then nosedived so ...
Read More »Hamilton rules out 2013 sabbatical
Lewis Hamilton has described one contract offered by McLaren for the 2013 season as “sh*t”. The expletive is an insight into the 2008 world champion’s delicate negotiations with the British ...
Read More »McLaren running ‘unusual sidepods’ at Spa
At Spa on Friday, McLaren’s 2012 car was sporting the most visibly obvious development, in the wake of F1’s month-long summer break. The concept was described by Auto Motor und ...
Read More »Also McLaren to debut double-DRS at Spa – report
McLaren may also be preparing a ‘double DRS’-like system for this weekend’s Belgian grand prix. We reported early this month that the British team looked set to follow Mercedes and ...
Read More »McLaren duo admits ‘urgent’ Alonso chase
McLaren’s drivers have admitted the urgency of eating back into Fernando Alonso’s increasingly big championship lead. After ten races – or half of the 2012 schedule – the Ferrari driver ...
Read More »Whitmarsh urges Mercedes to sign Concorde
Martin Whitmarsh has urged Mercedes to finally sign the new Concorde Agreement. Despite Bernie Ecclestone’s earlier intimations to the contrary, it emerged at Hockenheim that Mercedes is in fact still ...
Read More »Whitmarsh not commenting on Coca-Cola reports
Martin Whitmarsh fired a blank on Wednesday when asked about rumours Coca-Cola could replace McLaren’s title sponsor Vodafone. With Vodafone reportedly reviewing its sponsorship of the famous British team, media ...
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