Tag: McLaren
Monaco is very unforgiving, tricky circuit: Adrian Sutil
DRIVERS – Jenson BUTTON (McLaren), Adrian SUTIL (Force India), Jules BIANCHI (Marussia), Nico HULKENBERG (Sauber), Romain GROSJEAN (Lotus), Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes) PRESS CONFERENCE A question to you all. Round six of a 19-race season coming up, the same points are up for grabs as any other Grands Prix. It’s just another race… or is it? Is [...]
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes launches new Twitter handle
WOKING, SURREY (UK), 10 May 2013: Vodafone McLaren Mercedes has unveiled the next chapter of its digital engagement strategy with the launch of a new Twitter handle. The move, which has seen the industry-acclaimed @TheFifthDriver modified to @McLarenF1, will be marked at this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix with the new handle appearing on the front wing endplate [...]
I always enjoyed racing at Shanghai circuit: Button
Shanghai, 6 April 2013: The McLaren facts & stats Shanghai International Circuit are released by the F1 team on Friday. The third round of the FIA Formula 1 World Championship, the UBS Chinese Grand Prix will be held on March 14 after a gap of three weeks. The Shanghai International Circuit was built on marshland to [...]
Splitting strategies is to attack for points: Bob Fernley
TEAM REPRESENTATIVES – Bob BELL (Mercedes), Cyril ABITEBOUL (Caterham), Robert FEARNLEY (Force India), Sam MICHAEL (McLaren), James ALLISON (Lotus), Pat FRY (Ferrari) FIA Friday PRESS CONFERENCE James, can we start with you? A great win for you and the team to start the year off in cold conditions in Melbourne and from what we saw this [...]
Button calls on young people to become scientists of sports
To coincide with national science and engineering week, Jenson Button has called on young people to stick with science and maths in school. The Vodafone McLaren Mercedes driver is backing a campaign run by GSK, in partnership with the McLaren Group, called ‘Scientists in Sport’, which uses the excitement of sport to inspire young people [...]
Vettel on pole for season opener; A Pirelli view
Melbourne, March 17, 2013 – Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel claimed his 37th career pole position at the Australian Grand Prix using the P Zero Red supersoft, after an unusual qualifying that was split between Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning. Q1 took place on Saturday as usual with Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg going fastest on the Cinturato [...]
All teams should be represented in F1 Commission: Bob
TEAM REPRESENTATIVES – James Key (Toro Rosso), Toto WOLFF (Williams), Bob Fearnley (Force India), Jean-Francois CAUBET (Renault Sport F1), Martin WHITMARSH (McLaren) Tony FERNANDES (Caterham). PRESS CONFERENCE James, welcome back, new shirt, you’ve had your feet under the desk for a week or two now, what have found at Scuderia Toro Rosso? What are the strengths [...]
Australian GP: FIA Thursday press conference
DRIVERS – Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes), Mark WEBBER (Red Bull Racing), Daniel RICCIARDO (Toro Rosso), Fernando ALONSO (Ferrari), Kimi RAIKKONEN (Lotus), Sebastian VETTEL (Red Bull Racing) PRESS CONFERENCE Gentlemen, welcome. Let’s start with you Mark. There have been a couple of retirements from the sport, so you’re the oldest man on the grid this year – don’t [...]
Jerez testing Day 2: Grosjean on top; Good run by Paul
Lotus Romain Grosjean ended the second day of testing at Jerez as comfortably the fastest man on track as the team continued its evaluation programme with the E21. Under blue skies with occasional cloud coverage, Romain completed 95 laps; many of which dipped into the 1min 18s. He ended the day with the best time [...]
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes’ spectacular parade for MP4-28
Woking, 31 Jan 2013: Vodafone McLaren Mercedes launched its 2013 Formula 1 challenger and kicked off a year of 50th anniversary celebrations with a spectacular parade of classic racing cars at the McLaren Technology Centre on Thursday. The parade brought to life a string of race- and championship-winning McLarens from across the decades, included 1970’s M8D CanAm [...]
