2012 Brazilian GP: Button wins, Vettel clinches third Championship Title

Monday, November 26, 2012

Jenson Button emerged from the gloom to take a shining victory at Interlagos while behind him raged a battle royal for the F1 Drivers’ World Championship.



In a dramatic, rain-affected Brazilian Grand Prix, Button took the lead from McLaren team-mate Lewis Hamilton on lap six after both made a clean start – but Button’s route to victory was far from straightforward, though the

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Button to take 5-place grid penalty at Suzuka for Gearbox change

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Jenson Button's Japanese grand prix aspirations have already taken a dent, with news the McLaren driver will move five places down the Suzuka grid.



Writing in the Daily Mail, journalist Simon Cass said the British team has had to change the 2009 world champion's damaged gearbox.



The report said the problem identified was the same one that caused teammate Lewis Hamilton to retire from the

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Vodafone VIP: Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton Digital Shoot (Pictures)

Saturday, September 15, 2012

Vodafone McLaren Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button arrived at the N1 Centre on September 14, 2012 in London, England.Hamilton and Button brought a taste of the VIP lifestyle to London yesterday, giving out Vodafone VIP rewards to lucky passers-by whilst filming a new online film, due to be released around the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in November. If you are a Vodafone customer, visit

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Belgian GP: Button dominates Spa after a first corner carnage

Sunday, September 2, 2012

Jenson Button claimed his second win this year and 14th of his career on Sunday when he drove to a comprehensive victory in an incident and accident-packed Belgian Grand Prix.Sebastian Vettel came through to take second from tenth on the grid as he and Button proved that a well-managed one-stop strategy was the fastest way to complete 44 laps of Spa-Francorchamps. Kimi Raikkonen for Lotus

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Belgian GP: Button grabs his first pole for McLaren

Saturday, September 1, 2012

Jenson Button took pole position for the Belgian Grand Prix by 0.3s in an unpredictable qualifying session at Spa.Button's pole is his first for McLaren in his 50th race for the team, and he looked imperious from Q2 onwards as he headed the field. Kamui Kobayashi joins him on the front row as Sauber continued its strong showing at Spa, with Pastor Maldonado third for Williams alongside Kimi

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2012 German GP: Final Race Result after Vettel incurs penalty

Sunday, July 22, 2012

Sebastian Vettel has been stripped of his podium finish in the German Grand Prix after being hit with a time penalty for his his move on Jenson Button in the closing stages.The Red Bull driver took second on the penultimate lap with a move around the outside into the hairpin but ran off track on the exit of the corner in order to make the move stick.Button was clearly angered by the move on the

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German Grand Prix: Button and Maldonado fastest in rain hit practice sessions

Friday, July 20, 2012

Jenson Button was fastest and team mate Lewis Hamilton second as McLaren dominated practice at a wet German Grand Prix on Friday while Michael Schumacher emerged unscathed from an embarrassing crash.Button and Hamilton both set their times in the morning practice as heavy rain played havoc with the afternoon practice which ended with Schumacher bringing out the red flags.Pastor Maldonado was

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Framestore and McLaren Group Embark on McLaren Animation : ‘Tooned’ (video)

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Framestore, the Oscar-winning visual effects and animation studio, is partnering with McLaren Group, to launch a brand new media company called McLaren Animation.The joint venture will focus on creating high-end CGI-led content as part of a new content-driven marketing strategy for McLaren. The partnership benefits from Framestore’s access to leading UK talent spanning strategists, script-writers

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London virtual Formula One street race by Santander (+Video)

Saturday, June 30, 2012

With London staging the 2012 Summer Olympics, Santander has articulated the fizzing excitement surrounding the capital with the release of a concept film featuring McLaren's Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton to speculate how the city could add to cement a claim to be the world's pre-eminent sporting capital.The London Grand Prix by Santander is presented as an ultra-high fidelity short CGI film

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Whitmarsh on Schumacher- "anyone who underestimates him would be a fool"

Monday, June 4, 2012

Whether or not Michael Schumacher stays in Formula One beyond 2012, is a hot topic.After his comeback in 2010, he had to get in terms with the new tyres, new regulations and moreover the new 'weird' [Lawn Mowers] looking cars. Since then we have seen the seven time world champion pick up his competitive form gradually, culminating in pole at Monaco recently.But luck has not been on his side, and

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Button : “It’s my leanest period since the old Honda days"

Monday, May 28, 2012

Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button winced late on Sunday [May 27] whilst maintaining the ‘win together, lose together’ mantra after yet another bad weekend for McLaren.“We still came away with some points but we need to react fast,” British newspapers quoted Hamilton as saying after getting a bad start and finishing in the train behind winner Mark Webber.“The team have definitely got some work to

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2012 Monaco Grand Prix - Thursday Practice 1&2 results

Thursday, May 24, 2012

First Practice:Under warm and sunny conditions, Fernando Alonso with a lap time of 1’16.265, was the quickest in the first practice session of the 2012 Monaco Grand Prix weekend.The Twenty three cars ran a whole eighty one minutes of the ninety minute session. Nine minutes short due to a red flag and one car short due to Kimi Räikkönen not participating in the session. He completed only a single

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The bizarre situation in F1 where Pirelli rubber is King

Thursday, May 17, 2012

For the past few years, the energy drink owned team has enjoyed its dominance largely because of the airflow magic wrought by the Briton, Adrian Newey [pictured]. But in 2012, with reigning back to back world champion Sebastian Vettel just one of the five different winners so far, Pirelli rubber is king.“I doubt Williams really know why they were so strong,” team boss Christian Horner, referring

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Spanish Grand Prix 2012 - Friday Practice 1 & 2 Results

Saturday, May 12, 2012

Alonso leads first practice session in revised FerrariLocal hero Fernando Alonso got his home Grand Prix weekend off to the perfect start by setting the fastest time of Friday's first practice session in Barcelona. The Asturias native took advantage of a raft of new updates on the F2012 to post a time of 1m24.430s to go over a third of a second quicker than the rest of the field.The session was

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