The McLaren team chief says Lewis Hamilton’s victory in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix is a sure sign of his championship-winning potential in 2012.
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/ 15 October 2011
Red Bull has been on pole for 16 races in a row until McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton ended their sequence with his first pole since last year.
McLaren team chief Martin Whitmarsh stayed cool amid the chaos and disappointment after Saturday’s extraordinary qualifying session.
Martin Whitmarsh has admitted he was feeling the pressure of his job, but was not fearful for his future after the team’s disappointing weekend.
McLaren boss Martin Whitmarsh backed luckless Lewis Hamilton to bounce back and challenge for victory in China and the world title this year.
F1 team bosses say the sport is stuck with late protests and even later rulings, leaving fans uncertain about the true results of races.
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/ 16 January 2009
Ron Dennis will step down as the principal of Formula One team McLaren on March 1, making way for long-serving deputy Martin Whitmarsh.
Formula One title contenders McLaren left Turkey with their confidence up on Monday despite being beaten for the fourth race in a row by champions Ferrari. Lewis Hamilton finished second at Istanbul Park but the 23-year-old Briton described Sunday’s race as the best of his career after having to make an extra pit stop to ensure his tyres lasted safely.
Finnish Formula One driver Heikki Kovalainen was recovering well on Monday from the spectacular crash he suffered during the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona on Sunday. ”I don’t remember anything from the accident or what happened afterwards,” Kovalainen said, in comments posted on the McLaren-Mercedes website.
Ferrari’s world champion Kimi Raikkonen stretched his Formula One lead to nine points with a dominant win from pole position in the Spanish Grand Prix on Sunday. Brazilian Felipe Massa sealed Ferrari’s second successive one-two finish, and third win in a row, with McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton taking third place to revive his title challenge after a disappointing last race in Bahrain.
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/ 15 September 2007
The rivalry between McLaren Formula One drivers Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso reached such a pitch that the Spanish world champion threatened to reveal damaging data obtained illegally from Ferrari to the sport’s governing body unless he was made the team’s official number one driver, it was alleged on Friday.