Martin Whitmarsh has denied that McLaren’s efforts to emulate Red Bull’s blown exhaust concept have failed. The British team took the innovations off the MP4-25 two weeks ago at Silverstone, ...
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Hamilton ‘suffocated’ by father and Dennis – Whitmarsh
Martin Whitmarsh has backed Lewis Hamilton’s decision earlier this year to tread a new path in his professional career. The 2008 world champion’s split with his manager and father Anthony ...
Read More »‘Heavy’ damage after Hamilton crash on wet track
Lewis Hamilton crashed his McLaren towards the end of the morning practice session at wet Hockenheim on Friday. In tricky conditions that also caused many of his rivals to spin ...
Read More »It’s raining at Hockenheim on Friday morning
It is raining hard at Hockenheim early on Friday morning. With less than two hours until the first practice session, the German circuit is completely wet, with more rain forecast ...
Read More »Hamilton thinks small title lead ‘strange’
Lewis Hamilton believes his 12 point championship lead over his teammate Jenson Button is “strange”. “It’s strange,” he told the Telegraph whilst visiting Italy to collect the 2010 Bandini award. ...
Read More »McLaren to again test blown diffuser at Hockenheim
McLaren is still not committed to qualifying and racing with a Red Bull-style ‘blown diffuser’ exhaust layout. At Silverstone, the British team tried the specification in Friday practice but reverted ...
Read More »McLaren removes blown diffuser from car
Overnight in the McLaren pits, the British team have removed an update package – including the Red Bull-style blown diffuser – from the MP4-25 car. Red Bull’s Mark Webber suspected ...
Read More »Experts predict trouble looming for Hamilton vs Button
Red Bull figures have joined Damon Hill in predicting that trouble is on the horizon for the relationship between McLaren’s British teammates. “It’s just been on simmer so far and ...
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