London: Jenson Button, the last driver to win a grand prix for Honda, was thrilled to discover on Thursday that the Japanese carmaker was returning to Formula One as engine partner to his McLaren team from 2015.
The British 2009 World champion, who won the Hungarian Grand Prix for Honda in 2006 and drove for them until they quit the sport two years later, said the announcement in Tokyo was great news for all F1 fans.
"I grew up watching McLaren-Honda Formula One cars racing and winning around the world - they wrote their own glorious chapter of Formula One history, in fact," the 33-year-old said in a McLaren statement.
"Even now, picturing those unmistakable red-and-white cars evokes vivid memories of some of the most dramatic and exciting motor racing the world has ever seen....
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02:49 PM, May 16, 2013
Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt and fast bowler Mohammad Asif, who lost their appeal at the Court of Abritration for Sport against spot-fixing bans, were the first players with team-mate Mohammad Amir to be punished by the International Cricket Council (ICC). Players implicated in corruption cases: Life bans May 2000: Former Pakistan captain Salim Malik banned for life by a judicial inquiry conducted by judge Malik Mohammad Qayyum. Malik was...
10:49 AM, May 16, 2013
Tokyo: Honda will return to Formula One in 2015 as McLaren engine partners, replacing Mercedes, sources close to the company said on Wednesday. Honda's Chief Executive Takanobu Ito is set to make an official announcement as early as Thursday, one of the sources added. The Japanese automaker quit the sport at the end of 2008, handing over their team to then-principal Ross Brawn who went on to win both titles...
07:00 PM, May 15, 2013
Islamabad: Returning to England for the Champions Trophy will be "very sensitive" for the Pakistan's players following the spot-fixing scandal three years ago, team manager Naveed Akram Cheema said Monday, urging his squad to just focus on the eight-team competition. Cheema took over as manager in 2010, soon after three Pakistan players were charged of spot-fixing in a Test match during Pakistan's last tour of England. Later fast bowlers Mohammad...
02:27 PM, May 14, 2013
Barcelona: McLaren are still a hell of a long way off the pace despite introducing a major new upgrade package for their Formula One car at the Spanish Grand Prix, Jenson Button said on Friday. The 2009 world champion told reporters after practice at the Circuit de Catalunya that hopes of a sudden improvement in performance were unrealistic. "We do have a lot of visible new parts on the car...
11:31 PM, May 10, 2013
Barcelona: Sergio Perez has made peace with teammate Jenson Button and their McLaren bosses after twice hitting Button during the Bahrain Grand Prix last month. Perez says they now need to work harder together in order to make McLaren more competitive at this week's Spanish Grand Prix. "We are thankful that we are in a team like McLaren which lets you fight as teammates, so in that respect we have...
09:21 AM, May 10, 2013
Bulawayo: Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bowl in the first of three one-day internationals against Bangladesh, as both sides handed out debuts in Bulawayo.While Bangladesh's new ODI cap was no surprise, with seamer Robiul Islam picked on the back of his 15 wickets in the two-Test series, Zimbabwe's debutant was the Pakistani-born batsman Sikander Raza Butt. The hosts also brought in Tinashe Panyangara, Tendai Chatara, Sean Williams and...
04:21 PM, May 03, 2013
Karachi: Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt has agreed to undergo rehabilitation while serving his ban for spot-fixing because he wants to resume his cricketing career once the suspension ends. The 28-year-old was banned for 10 years, with five of those suspended, by an International Cricket Council (ICC) tribunal in 2011 after being found guilty of arranging deliberate no-balls to be delivered in a 2010 Lord's test against England. Butt and...
11:58 AM, Apr 24, 2013
Mumbai: One of the most controversial changes Microsoft made to Windows in its latest iteration - Windows 8 - is the removal of the Start button and menu. According to The Verge, the company wants to bring it back with Windows 8.1, which is also known as Windows Blue. While the button will make its comeback, the Start menu itself will still be absent. Hitting the start button will result...
03:39 PM, Apr 23, 2013
Sakhir: For McLaren, the story is becoming depressingly familiar. Another track and another race it doesn't expect to win. McLaren drivers Jenson Button and Sergio Perez were 11th and 13th fastest in the second practice ahead of the Bahrain Grand Prix. Things aren't expected to get much better Sunday, the team acknowledged, due to the hot and sandy conditions which are unfavorable to a car like McLaren's which has struggled...
11:47 PM, Apr 19, 2013
Karachi: Karachi cricket chiefs on Friday banned three international players, Sohail Khan, Fawad Alam and Khalid Latif, for lack of discipline during a domestic Twenty20 tournament. Sohail, 29, is banned from playing for Karachi in any domestic match, and Alam and Latif for playing in Twenty20s. All three bans are to last 12 months. "It is disappointing to ban players but we had to take the decision so that an...
02:24 PM, Apr 19, 2013
Karachi: Salman Butt, who on Wednesday lost his appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport against a spot-fixing ban, was once touted as a prospect to lead Pakistan for years to come. The stylish opener was handed the captaincy after Shahid Afridi quit following a one-sided defeat against Australia at Lords in July 2010 and took little time in changing the fortunes of the embattled team. Pakistan defeated Australia...
01:02 AM, Apr 18, 2013
Dubai: The International Cricket Council on Wednesday welcomed the decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport to dismiss the appeals by disgraced Pakistani players Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif against the bans imposed on them in 2011 by the ICC on spot-fixing charges. ICC Chief Executive David Richardson said the CAS decision "vindicated" the world body's bans on the two Pakistani players. "The ICC notes and welcomes the decisions...
07:16 PM, Apr 17, 2013
Islamabad: Former chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board Ijaz Butt has advised Shahid Afridi to concentrate on improving his batting and bowling skills to keep his place in the national side instead of criticising him publicly. Last week Afridi said during Butt's tenure Pakistan was hit by match-fixing scandals and that he was removed as ODI captain despite Pakistan making the semi-final of the 2011 World Cup. In a letter to...
01:31 PM, Apr 14, 2013
Karachi: Pakistan's flamboyant all-rounder Shahid Afridi has lambasted former Cricket Board Chairman Ijaz Butt for suggesting that Muhammad Hafeez and head coach Dav Whatmore had formed a nexus against Test and one-day captain Misbah-ul-Haq in the national team. "I think everyone knows the scandals that came about when Butt was heading the board. It is better he stop giving such damaging statements about the team and rest at home at...
10:14 AM, Apr 12, 2013
Shanghai: Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel made clear on Wednesday that his apology to Red Bull for ignoring team orders at the Malaysian Grand Prix did not extend to any remorse about winning. "I told the team straight after that 'I apologise for putting myself above the team which I didn't mean to do'," the 25-year-old German said in an interview for team title sponsor Infiniti ahead of Sunday's...
11:39 PM, Apr 10, 2013
Lahore: Pakistan Test and ODI skipper Misbah-ul-Haq and Twenty20 captain Mohammed Hafeez on Wednesday denied reports of rifts between them and said that such rumours are taking a toll on the team's performance. Following the team's poor performance in South Africa, which the media attributed to the differences between Misbah and Hafeez, former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) president Ijaz Butt added fuel to the controversy by saying Hafeez has teamed...
10:33 PM, Apr 10, 2013
McLaren's Jenson Button was ninth in the season-opener Australian Grand Prix. ...
10:15 PM, Mar 25, 2013
For a brief moment, it appeared Jenson Button would challenge for a podium spot at the Malaysian Grand Prix on Sunday and end McLaren's poor start to the season. But those hopes unraveled in the pits. ...
09:34 AM, Mar 25, 2013
Three-time Formula One champion Jackie Stewart expects McLaren to join Red Bull and Ferrari among the list of challengers. ...
12:31 PM, Mar 24, 2013
