Monza, Italy: Lewis Hamilton had the fastest time in Friday's second practice session at the Italian Grand Prix, as championship leader Fernando Alonso endured more problems with his Ferrari. Hamilton posted a time of 1 minute 25.290 seconds, just 0.038 seconds faster than McLaren team-mate Jenson Button. Alonso was third, 0.058 seconds behind Hamilton, but struggled with his car in both sessions. After a suspected engine failure six minutes from...
07:34 PM, Sep 07, 2012
Monza: Lewis Hamilton felt no need to seek out Jenson Button to apologise for his Belgian GP Twitter gaffe on Thursday and said he had learned from the experience, would not be repeating the error and had moved on. The 2008 Formula One world champion caused a furore in Spa last weekend when he tweeted confidential qualifying data to nearly a million followers - including members of rival teams grateful...
09:30 AM, Sep 07, 2012
London: McLaren's Jenson Button has criticised team mate Lewis Hamilton for revealing confidential car data on Twitter before Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix in a gaffe that may have helped Formula One rivals. Button won the race at Spa but British newspapers on Tuesday reported his dismay at the incident. "We work so hard to improve the car and keep things like that secret and private. I didn't want to see...
03:24 PM, Sep 04, 2012
Spa, Belgium: Jenson Button coasted to his second victory of the season at the crash-marred Belgian Grand Prix on Sunday, with Formula One championship leader Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton forced out after a spectacular pileup at the start. It was Button's first victory at Spa and the 14th of the British driver's career " and probably one of the easiest as he led from start to finish, oblivious to...
07:18 PM, Sep 02, 2012
Belgium: Lewis Hamilton chose the wrong wing for his McLaren at the Belgian Formula One Grand Prix on Saturday and then got into more of a flap trying to explain himself on Twitter. The 2008 world champion qualified seventh, with team-mate Jenson Button on pole position, after opting to run an older specification rear wing on his car instead of the latest one his fellow Briton went with. "Damn. Jenson...
12:59 PM, Sep 02, 2012
Spa, Belgium: British driver Jenson Button will start Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix in pole position after finishing fastest in Saturday's qualifying, with defending champion Sebastian Vettel in 11th. Button overcame balance problems to take his first pole of the season, the eighth of his career, and his first for McLaren. "It's been quite a long time since I got my last pole position, back in 2009 in Monaco. It's been...
07:00 PM, Sep 01, 2012
Belgium: Red Bull team boss Christian Horner lent support to Jenson Button on Friday by refusing to dismiss the Briton's Formula One title chances even with an 88 point gap between him and Ferrari's leader Fernando Alonso. Button is 41 points adrift of his McLaren team mate Lewis Hamilton with nine races remaining and has faced questions at the Belgium Grand Prix about the possibility of playing a supporting role....
12:12 AM, Sep 01, 2012
Jenson Button was fastest and his team-mate Lewis Hamilton second as McLaren dominated a rain-hit opening practice for the German Grand Prix on Friday. Intermittent showers made conditions tricky for the drivers although the rain was nothing on the scale which caused chaos at the British Grand Prix at Silverstone two weeks ago. Valtteri Bottas crashed his Williams near the end of the session, smashing into the barriers on corner...
04:43 PM, Jul 20, 2012
London: Jenson Button will be looking for answers when McLaren's top technical brains meet on Tuesday to try and find out why their car has become so slow. The Woking team had a deeply disappointing British Grand Prix at Silverstone with Lewis Hamilton, a winner in Canada only last month, finishing eighth and Button 10th. Button, the 2009 world champion and winner of the season-opening race in Australia, is now...
08:42 AM, Jul 10, 2012
London: A perfect British Grand Prix afternoon for Jenson Button at Silverstone on Sunday would be one that almost certainly ends in tears. The 32-year-old has been a winner from Australia to the Americas, triumphed on the streets of Monaco and been crowned Formula One world champion, but in more than a decade of trying he has never stood on his home podium. A win this time round would be...
05:47 PM, Jul 04, 2012
Valencia: Formula One championship leader Lewis Hamilton kept his spirits up after his McLaren team looked well off the pace at the European Grand Prix on Friday. "I'm about 95 per cent away from where I want to be with my car at the moment, but I'll get back 90 per cent overnight," the 2008 world champion told reporters after ending the day's second practice session in 14th place. "Today...
10:33 AM, Jun 23, 2012
Valencia, Spain: Venezuelan Pastor Maldonado, surprise winner in Spain last month, put his Williams team back on top of the timesheets in first free practice at the European Grand Prix on Friday. The 27-year-old lapped the Valencia street circuit with a best time of one minute 40.890 seconds on a gusty and overcast morning with temperatures cooler than they had been the previous day. Red Bull's double Formula One world...
03:49 PM, Jun 22, 2012
He will replace current world champion Jensen Button. ...
02:04 PM, Jan 13, 2010
Formula One champion Jenson Button has left Brawn for McLaren. ...
02:20 PM, Nov 20, 2009
Formula One champion Jenson Button has left Brawn for McLaren. ...
02:20 PM, Nov 20, 2009
29-year-old win Briton six races of the season for Brawn GP. ...
07:09 PM, Nov 18, 2009
The deal would be worth 6 million pounds ($10.10 million) a year. ...
08:58 PM, Nov 17, 2009
The Brawn team turned out to thank the locals for their support last year. ...
06:57 PM, Nov 10, 2009
Jenson Button surprised the world with a fifth place finish. ...
11:29 AM, Oct 26, 2009
