Sao Paulo: Lewis Hamilton has given a strong hint that he intends to stay at McLaren for the long term. Britain's 2008 Formula One world champion has a contract to the end of next year, but he told reporters after Sunday's season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix that talks were under way to extend that. "(Team boss) Martin Whitmarsh has already spoken to me about re-signing, so I know it's there at...
06:00 PM, Nov 29, 2011
Sao Paulo: McLaren drivers Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button started looking forward to the 2012 season as soon as the chequered flag dropped in Sunday's season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix. McLaren ended the year trailing the Red Bulls again, but the team's performance improved significantly in the last few races and brought signs of improvement for next year. Hamilton retired after gearbox problems at the Brazilian GP, while Button ran well...
03:52 PM, Nov 28, 2011
Sao Paulo: By finishing ninth in the driver's championships, and beating one of the Mercedes cars, Sahara Force India's Adrian Sutil achieved both the goals set by himself for the Brazilian Grand Prix. Sutil finished sixth, ahead of Mercedes' Nico Rosberg, after passing him in lap number 50 of the 71-lap race. Force India finished sixth ahead of Sauber, one position better than last year, in the constructor's championship. "I'm...
01:18 PM, Nov 28, 2011
Sao Paulo: Lewis Hamilton ended a long-running Formula One feud with Felipe Massa on Sunday by walking up to the Ferrari driver after the Brazilian Grand Prix and giving him a hug. "It's been a long hard year for all the drivers, and I hope they all have a good winter," McLaren's 2008 world champion, who retired from the race at Interlagos with a gearbox failure, told reporters. "It was...
12:04 PM, Nov 28, 2011
Sao Paulo: Sahara Force India ended the 2011 Formula One season on a high as Adrian Sutil finished sixth and Paul di Resta eighth to earn 12 points for the team in the Brazilian Grand Prix, which Red Bull's Mark Webber won to record his first victory of the calender. Webber pipped teammate and world champion Sebastian Vettel, who started from pole but encountered a gearbox problem mid-way. McLaren's Jenson...
11:26 PM, Nov 27, 2011
Sao Paulo: Mark Webber won the season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix on Sunday after Red Bull teammate Sebastian Vettel struggled with a gearbox problem. Vettel, who had already secured the Formula One title, still finished second after letting Webber get past him almost halfway through the race at the 4.3-kilometer (2.6-mile) Interlagos track. Jenson Button of McLaren finished third to secure second place in the drivers' standings. Webber easily passed Vettel...
11:10 PM, Nov 27, 2011
Sao Paulo: Two-time Formula One champion Sebastian Vettel made history again on Saturday, breaking Nigel Mansell's 19-year record for the most pole positions in a season. One year after becoming the youngest driver to win the F1 championship, the German captured his 15th pole at the Brazilian Grand Prix on Saturday to surpass the mark set by Mansell in 1992. "Obviously it took the master in that discipline a couple...
11:42 PM, Nov 26, 2011
Sao Paulo: McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton had the fastest time in practice for the season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix on Friday, outpacing the Red Bulls of Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber. Hamilton had a time of 1 minute, 13.392 seconds at the 4.3-kilometer Interlagos track. Vettel was second with a time of 1:13.559, ahead of Webber with 1:13.587. Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso was fourth fastest in 1:13.598. With the title already...
11:40 PM, Nov 25, 2011
Sao Paulo: Felipe Massa, looking forward to his 100th Formula One race for Ferrari, knows he will have to raise his game to stay with the team after next season. The Brazilian, twice a winner of his home grand prix at Interlagos and championship runner-up in 2008, has not stood on the podium this year and is sixth in a championship won by Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel. "I have a...
10:16 AM, Nov 24, 2011
London: The memory of last year's armed attack outside the Brazilian Grand Prix circuit has not dimmed Jenson Button's love of Interlagos as he prepares to return this weekend. The Briton, who won the 2009 Formula One championship with Brawn GP in Sao Paulo, told reporters ahead of the season-ending race that he expected more security this time and was looking forward to going back. "No, not at all," the...
01:41 PM, Nov 23, 2011
Sao Paulo: Armed men attempted to attack the car carrying defending Formula One champion Jenson Button as he left the track after qualifying for the Brazilian Grand Prix on Saturday, his team said. McLaren said Button was driven away from danger and nobody was hurt in what appeared to be a robbery attempt near the Interlagos circuit in South America's biggest city. "Armed would-be assailants made an attempt to approach...
09:23 AM, Nov 07, 2010
Sao Paulo: Fernando Alonso can clinch a third Formula One world title at the Brazilian Grand Prix on Sunday, and by doing so he would upstage the mighty Michael Schumacher. Alonso won the 2005 and 2006 crown at the Sao Paulo race for Renault and can now provide a happy ending to an at-times chaotic debut season for Ferrari. Schumacher won five of his record seven titles for the famed...
06:12 PM, Nov 04, 2010
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11:29 AM, Oct 26, 2009
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