McLaren to Continue Struggle for Points in Malaysia
30 Mar 2009, 10:55 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / McLaren are insisting their car will again struggle for points in the second race of the season, at Sepang. Although reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton progressed from 18th on the grid to an inc...
Jarno Trulli Handed 25-Second Penalty, Lifts Hamilton to 3rd
29 Mar 2009, 10:39 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Lewis Hamilton was promoted to 3rd place following the safety car incident he was involved in with Toyota’s Jarno Trulli. The race stewards have decided to hand the Italian driver a 25-second ...
Australian Grand Prix - Post-Race Quotes
29 Mar 2009, 10:16 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Jenson Button: “The first few laps of the race were great, then I could settle in the pace. When the safety car came out I struggled massively to get heat into tyres and before it came in I fl...
Jenson Button Wins Australian Grand Prix, Leads Brawn 1-2
29 Mar 2009, 08:05 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / One-two in qualifying, one-two in the opening race of the 2009 season! Could Ross Brawn have asked for more this week? Jenson Button led the Australian Grand Prix from beginning to end and crossed t...
Hamilton Hopes to Make Top 8 in Aussie GP
26 Mar 2009, 11:47 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / If one thinks McLaren Mercedes are sandbagging ahead of the new season, Lewis Hamilton's latest comments will do nothing but contradict this theory. After admitting, earlier this month, that hi...
Lewis Hamilton Joins the GPDA
26 Mar 2009, 09:54 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Formula 1 reigning champion Lewis Hamilton revealed he has joined the Grand Prix Drivers Association (GPDA) ahead of the 2009 season. While interviewed by British magazine Autosport on the Superlice...
Timo Glock's Family Threatened by Racist Fans
24 Mar 2009, 15:15 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / It took Timo Glock more than 5 months to reveal the hard times he and his family had to go through following the Brazilian Grand Prix last season. Blamed by many F1 fans for deliberately losing his ...
Vijay Mallya Lobbies for New Point System
23 Mar 2009, 11:53 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Force India's Vijay Mallya has obviously not paid a whole lot of attention to the drivers' arguments concerning the new medal system, as he revealed he is very much in favor of then new &l...
F1 Drivers Vs FIA on New Rules
20 Mar 2009, 15:45 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Although the FIA ratified their brand new title-awarding system for 2009 in an attempt to provide better on-track battles for race leadership, the F1 drivers came as one in criticizing the new rules...
McLaren: Australia Win Is Out of Our League
20 Mar 2009, 14:50 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / McLaren's new boss Martin Whitmarsh and reigning champion Lewis Hamilton expressed their concerns regarding the season opener in Australia, admitting that they don't expect the MP4-24 to b...
Hamilton Disappointed with New FIA Rules
20 Mar 2009, 14:39 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Lewis Hamilton joined the pack of drivers that expressed their disappointment over the new rules introduced by the FIA for 2009. While the F1 teams are complaining – through the voice of the F...
Ecclestone: New Point System to Boost Overtaking
18 Mar 2009, 11:44 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Bernie Ecclestone admitted he is very satisfied with the revision of Formula 1 title awarding procedure for the 2009 season. As announced by the FIA, the world title will go to the driver with the m...
Lewis Hamilton Crashes McLaren MP4-24 Again, in Barcelona
12 Mar 2009, 09:35 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / McLaren Mercedes' awful pace continued on Wednesday, despite the return of reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton into the MP4-24 cockpit. The Englishman did not have any more success than team...
Lewis Hamilton Uses Blackberry Storm to Guide F1 Car
11 Mar 2009, 08:34 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / While preparing for the upcoming 2009 season – and struggling to get their new MP4-24 on top of the time charts – McLaren Mercedes have taken the leading role in a Vodafone advertisement...
McLaren Admit Problems with the MP4-24
11 Mar 2009, 08:01 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The fact that McLaren's MP4-24 is far from delivering the performances everyone had been looking for in the offseason is no news. In recent tests, both Lewis Hamilton and Heikki Kovalainen have...
Kovalainen Expects Title Bid in 2009
9 Mar 2009, 14:19 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Although the McLaren MP4-24 is far from boosting the Woking-based team with a great deal of confidence following its latest shunts during the latest testing sessions, Heikki Kovalainen believes this...
Hamilton Denies Purchasing Luxury Yacht
6 Mar 2009, 14:38 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton denied the latest reports issued by British tabloid The Sun regarding the purchase of a 5.6 million euro Sunseeker 90 luxury yacht. Soon after making the headl...
Hamilton Orders 5.6M Euro Sunseeker 90 Luxury Yacht
6 Mar 2009, 09:49 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Lewis Hamilton might have to work a little bit more on his relationship with the McLaren MP4-24 ahead of the season opener in Australia – having crashed into a tire barrier on Thursday, during...
McLaren MP4-24 Reliability Problems Again, at Jerez
5 Mar 2009, 11:49 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Bad weather at Jerez earlier today forced two of the teams present at the Spanish track to officially end their group test this week. Rain started to downpour from the very first laps of Thursday�...
Williams: Rosberg Just as Good as Hamilton
2 Mar 2009, 13:29 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Given the proper equipment, Nico Rosberg could easily match Lewis Hamilton's performances in Formula 1. Before you jump to any harsh conclusions, know that these are the sayings of one of the m...