McLaren lost both their perches at the top of  the constructors and drivers standings after a terrible Hungarian GP. Jenson Button did finish with 3 points after starting from 11th  but Hamilton retired with transmission failure. The Woking-based team will hope to have their car back up to speed with the Ferraris and the Red [...]

Lewis Hamilton has described his 2nd place at McLaren’s home Grand Prix today as ‘near-perfect’, and he has admitted the team didn’t expect to do so well after practice, in which they were way off the pace. The team opted to ditch their exhaust-blown diffuser after testing it on Friday, and it seems to have [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

In 2009 McLaren were in a position they did not expect to be in – at the back of the grid. The MP4-24 was branded by Eddie Jordan as “possibly the worst car McLaren have ever designed.” Team principal Martin Whitmarsh admitted the team “had not done a good enough job”. However the team made [...]

Red Bull chief Christian Horner is hoping the battle between Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button could play into their hands. McLaren chief Martin Whitmarsh has already told the drivers they are free to race, believing this freedom will yield the best results for the British team. But Horner thinks this could backfire. He to The [...]

McLaren team boss Martin Whitmarsh is set to replace Luca di Montezemelo as chairman of the Formula One Teams’ Association (FOTA) when Montezemolo’s one-year reign ends later this month. Team principals got together for a meeting of the Formula 1 Commission in Monaco today, to discuss FOTA’s plans for next year – which included the [...]

McLaren have today announced that 22 year old Brit Oliver Turvey will test for the team at the young drivers test in Jerez, which starts tomorrow and runs to December 3rd. Turvey is currently driving in the GP2 Asia series for the iSport International team. Turvey gets to drive the 2009 McLaren as a prize [...]