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
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
London: Jenson Button says he is keeping an open mind about how big a step McLaren will make with their eagerly-awaited upgrade package for next week's Spanish Grand Prix. The 2009 Formula One world champion, who won last year's final race in Brazil, has finished no higher than fifth in four Grands Prix so far this season with a car that has been off the pace of the leaders. McLaren...
10:35 PM, May 03, 2013
Shanghai: McLaren can make up lost ground after a difficult start to the year because their car has more development potential than Formula One rivals, according to Jenson Button. The 2009 world champion has scored just two points from the first two races of the 19-round season and is 38 adrift of Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel. Mexican team mate Sergio Perez has scored the same number of points. Button told...
09:56 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
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
The team's newest driver, Sergio Perez, feels McLaren must do whatever it can to compete including returning to last year's car. ...
10:14 AM, Mar 22, 2013
Button had won three out of the previous four races at Albert Park, so snatching a couple of points for ninth place hardly counted as cause for celebration. ...
10:16 AM, Mar 18, 2013
The Briton finished eighth on the time-sheets in the first round of qualifying, with his new team-mate Sergio Perez at Albert Park circuit. ...
05:24 PM, Mar 16, 2013
Button was a disappointing 11th fastest after the first two practice sessions in a revamped McLaren race car. ...
03:52 PM, Mar 15, 2013
Hamilton had said that his new team Mercedes focused more on the drivers, while at McLaren he felt inhibited. ...
01:58 PM, Mar 14, 2013
