McLaren have decided not to run their blown diffuser at the British Grand Prix this weekend at Silverstone, after a tricky practice session on Friday which saw many off-track excursions and poor lap times from both Lewis Hamilton and his teammate Jenson Button. The reigning world champion Button said: “Today’s been a little bit trickier [...]

TEAM PRINCIPALS: Ross BRAWN (Mercedes), Tony FERNANDES (Lotus), Christian HORNER (Red Bull), Martin WHITMARSH (McLaren) PRESS CONFERENCE Q: First of all a little recap of how the day has gone for all of you. How have things gone for Lotus Racing? Tony FERNANDES: Tough day today. We had three gearbox failures, two on Jarno’s (Trulli) [...]

Lewis Hamilton (2nd, 8th) “It’s a fantastic feeling to be racing at home again. You feel that the most when you launch from the pitlane exit and see so many fans on the banking – and they’re all waving at you! And when you’re driving, you really can pick out all those rocket-red caps all [...]

DRIVERS: Fernando ALONSO (Ferrari), Jenson BUTTON (McLaren), Lewis HAMILTON (McLaren), Mark WEBBER (Red Bull) PRESS CONFERENCE Q: Lots of things have been said about team-mates and the relationship between team-mates. How good is your relationship? Could it be better, could it be worse? Mark, would you like to start. Mark WEBBER: I think the press [...]

Jenson Button has said that a completely new rear end should stand them in good stead for fighting for victory in this weekend’s British Grand Prix, the home race of his McLaren team. Button -who is currently lying 2nd in the championship – and his teammate Hamilton were both on the podium last time around [...]

McLaren are hopeful of being able to take the chequered flag in front of home fans at Silverstone for the British Grand Prix. Both Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton spoke of their determination to take the win in front of their home crowd, with Button saying that he ‘could not think of anything better’: “Racing [...]

The Met Office may have been quiet on this summer’s weather predictions after last year’s blunder, but the summer sporting predictions told of a sizzling summer to remember. Only if that were true, England were spectacularly played out of the World Cup and today Andy Murray quashed all hopes of a British winner at Wimbledon. [...]

McLaren Lewis Hamilton “The first session looked quite good for us. But it was always going to be interesting to see how quickly the blown-diffuser cars could get up to speed – and they looked very competitive this afternoon, particularly over a single lap. And the grip they appear to have through the high-speed stuff [...]

McLaren’s Jenson Button seems to think that the Valencia street circuit holding the European Grand Prix this weekend will suit the Woking-based team’s car, due to the low downforce aspect of the circuit. The Brit said: “Even though it’s a street circuit, it’s got quite a different feel to other street tracks like Monte-Carlo or [...]

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