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Formula 1: Vodafone McLaren Mercedes - Spanish Grand Prix Pr...

Circuit de Catalunya facts & stats The Circuit de Catalunya was one of Barcelona’s many building projects during the build-up to the 1992 Olympic Games. It staged the start and finish of the time trial cycling event at the Games, a [...]

Posted On : May, 09 2012 | Comments : 0

Formula 1: Vodafone McLaren Mercedes - Chinese Grand Prix Pr...

The scale of the Shanghai International Circuit is breathtaking. Built on marshland in 2003, the track sits on more than 40,000 stabilising concrete pillars and its infrastructure is bigger and bolder than at any other circuit on the Form [...]

Posted On : Apr, 09 2012 | Comments : 0

Formula 1: Vodafone McLaren Mercedes Pays Tribute to Pedro d...

Vodafone McLaren Mercedes today pays tribute to test and reserve driver Pedro de la Rosa, who leaves the team he initially joined in 2003 to start a new chapter in his life at Spain’s national Formula 1 team. Pedro very quickly e [...]

Posted On : Nov, 22 2011 | Comments : 0

McLaren bullish about India

Formula 1 is preparing itself for its newest grand prix, with the Buddh International Circuit near Delhi set to host India's first race on October 30. McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh says his team is heading there relishing wh [...]

Posted On : Oct, 22 2011 | Comments : 0

Formula 1: Vodafone McLaren Mercedes - Korean Grand Prix Pre...

“I had a pretty good race here last year, finishing second – it was a long, tough afternoon, but I’m glad we got the chance to put on a race for all the fans who’d come for the first-ever grand prix in Korea. &l [...]

Posted On : Oct, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

Formula 1: Vodafone McLaren Mercedes - Malaysian Grand Prix ...

“Sepang is a circuit I really love. It’s big, fast and wide with some really demanding high-speed corners where you can find a lot of time if you’re really able to get the car working to its full extent. “After th [...]

Posted On : Apr, 05 2011 | Comments : 0

Formula 1: Interview With McLaren’s Martin Whitmarsh

Martin Whitmarsh: I think we all know there are no team orders in the sport, so I think the right thing for a racing driver is to go there and win. I’d be disappointed if Jenson wasn’t going there trying to win. I think the c [...]

Posted On : Nov, 05 2010 | Comments : 0

Paddy Lowe Q&A - Ride-height clarification will not harm McL...

Ride-height control systems have dominated Formula One racing’s technical chatter in recent weeks. But following the FIA’s reiteration of the rules, McLaren’s engineering director Paddy Lowe isn’t concerned about [...]

Posted On : Apr, 14 2010 | Comments : 0

Its Official - Kimi will go to McLaren

Finn Kimi Raikkonen has made it clear that he will shift to McLaren at the end of this season, and that he will go to no other team but McLaren. In fact he stated that he will walk out of Formula 1 if McLaren don't have a place for him for [...]

Posted On : Oct, 31 2009 | Comments : 0

Formula 1 - Team McLaren Mercedes - Italian Grand Prix Prev...

Lewis Hamilton “Since we no longer test at Monza before the Santander Italian Grand Prix, it will take the drivers a bit of acclimatisation to get used to running in low downforce at this high-speed circuit. It’s a real c [...]

Posted On : Sep, 05 2009 | Comments : 0

Kovalainen to Demonstration Run Last Year's mclaren F1 Car i...

Heikki Kovalainen will be in action in the British team’s championship-winning MP4-23 for the spectacle, which will take place on a 4.5-kilometre street circuit right in the heart of the Russian city, with St Basil’s Cathedral, [...]

Posted On : Jul, 07 2009 | Comments : 0

Fallout from the McLaren formula one debacle washed away in ...

Even before the rain began to fall after 22 laps, formula one had begun to recover from the McLaren political debacle with enthralling racing as the world's top drivers did what they know best. Thanks to far-reaching technical changes for 2 [...]

Posted On : Apr, 10 2009 | Comments : 0

Mclaren put Hamilton first

McLaren will sacrifice their chances of winning the Formula One constructors' title to try to ensure Lewis Hamilton becomes world champion in Brazil on Sunday. Hamilton, who is seven points ahead of his nearest rival, Ferrari's Felipe Massa [...]

Posted On : Oct, 27 2008 | Comments : 0

McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen wins Hungarian GP

McLaren driver Heikki Kovalainen won his first Formula One race Sunday after an engine problem forced Felipe Massa out of the Hungarian Grand Prix with three laps to go. Massa overtook Kovalainen and pole sitter Lewis Hamilton at the star [...]