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Tuesday's testing to mark true start of 2012 season |
2012-02-07 00:02:00 |
| Tuesday sees the commencement of 2012's pre-season testing, with a four-day session at Jerez, where nine of the 12 Formula One teams will have their new cars running in anger for the first time. It will be followed by a further three similar tests in Spain ahead the Australian Grand Prix on March 18.
The 2012 machines in action this week will be the Red Bull RB8, McLaren MP4-27
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Ferrari confident aggressive approach will yield results |
2012-02-03 20:28:00 |
| After spending the last few seasons playing catch-up to Red Bull and McLaren, Ferrari were under pressure to pull something special out of the bag for 2012. And after revolutionising the way they approach the design of their cars, the Italian team are certain the newly-launched F2012 is capable of returning them to their championship-winning heydays.
The Scuderia endured a miserable 2011, winning just one race and finishing the year 275 points behind eventual champions Red Bull and 122 behind long-time rivals McLaren. After much reflection, Ferrari decided their recent disappointments had been largely caused by their too-conventional design approach and have opted to be much more aggressive this year.
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VIDEO: Hamilton and Button on new car |
2012-02-02 03:00:42 |
| Speaking at the launch of McLaren's new car for 2012, Lewis Hamilton tells BBC Sport's Jake Humphrey he has "matured" following a difficult 2011 season and "nothing else matters" apart from winning his second world championship. (UK only)
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VIDEO: Hamilton and Button on new McLaren |
2012-02-02 03:00:42 |
| Speaking at the launch of McLaren's new car for 2012, Lewis Hamilton tells BBC Sport's Jake Humphrey he has "matured" following a difficult 2011 season and "nothing else matters" apart from winning his second world championship.
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Driver Q&A with McLaren's Button and Hamilton |
2012-02-02 00:47:00 |
| Wednesday's launch may have been our first opportunity to glimpse the new McLaren, but it was also the first time either of the British team's drivers had properly laid eyes on the brand-new MP4-27. After ripping the wraps off their shiny new charge, Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton revealed their first impressions, looked ahead to next week's debut test and explained why they couldn't wait to get back behind the wheel after a winter of relaxation
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Technical Q&A with McLaren's Lowe and Goss |
2012-02-01 21:05:00 |
| McLaren's technical director Paddy Lowe and director of engineering Tim Goss discuss the gestation of the team's newly-launched MP4-27 machine
Q: After a successful 2011 season, what were your main aims with the development of the MP4-27?
Paddy Lowe: Our main objectives for the 2012 season were to optimise downforce despite the changes to the blown floor
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McLaren unveil the MP4-27 |
2012-02-01 20:24:00 |
| McLaren became the first front-running team to reveal their 2012 challenger on Wednesday, as the wraps came of the new MP4-27 at the team's UK factory in Woking. With it, Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton hope to land McLaren their first constructors' crown since 1998.
Unlike the 2012 Caterham launched last week, McLaren have avoided a stepped-nose design by making the whole front end of the chassis lower. This is a beautiful car, commented Button
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All systems go - launch season gets serious |
2012-01-31 19:51:00 |
| Caterham were first out of the blocks last week with their CT01, but this week the 2012 launch season begins in earnest, with McLaren, Ferrari and Force India all set to take the wraps off their new machines.
McLaren will unveil the MP4-27 at their Woking base on Wednesday, while Friday will see Ferrari reveal their new challenger at Fiorano and Force India do the same at Silverstone. Lotus, Sauber, Toro Rosso and Red Bull will also launch their cars before the first pre-season test gets underway at Jerez in Spain next Tuesday (February 7).
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McLaren deny new engine deal |
2012-01-30 23:27:00 |
McLaren have played down contacts with Formula One's planned new engine maker Pure amid lingering speculation about the Mercedes-powered team's future supplier.
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Whitmarsh: McLaren intent on adding to title tally in 2012 |
2012-01-27 20:14:00 |
| Running a team with a record of success like McLaren's is no picnic. After a difficult season there is no place to hide, so it helps to be someone who considers the glass half full rather than half empty. Luckily for McLaren, team principal Martin Whitmarsh is a born optimist.
Six victories in 2011 was good, but he wants more in 2012. Ahead of next week's launch of the new MP4-27, Whitmarsh speaks exclusively to Formula1.com
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Hamilton to testify in Sutil case |
2012-01-21 02:57:05 |
| McLaren's Lewis Hamilton is expected to be called to testify in the trial of former Force India driver Adrian Sutil over an incident in a Chinese nightclub last year.
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Button to debut new McLaren at Jerez test |
2012-01-17 18:29:00 |
| McLaren have revealed Jenson Button will be at the wheel of their 2012 car when it makes its track debut at Jerez on February 7. Button will sample the MP4-27 over the opening two days of the test, before handing the car over to team mate Lewis Hamilton for the final two days of running at the Spanish circuit.
Hamilton will then be in charge of the car for the first two days of the second pre-season test, which will take place at Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya from February 21-24, before Button returns to the cockpit for the final two. The duo will then alternate at the final Barcelona test, which will get underway on March 1.
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Ferrari vow to bounce back in 2012 |
2012-01-13 01:45:00 |
| They have gathered in the Dolomites to meet and greet the media and sample some winter sports, but away from the slopes Ferrari are using their annual 'Wrooom' ski event to analyse their disappointing 2011 season and outline their strategy for this year's campaign.
The Italian team struggled to match both Red Bull and McLaren in 2011 and, although driver Fernando Alonso claimed a well-deserved victory at Silverstone, they eventually finished a distant third in the constructors' stakes. They are therefore determined to achieve much more in 2012.
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New McLaren to debut at first test |
2011-12-19 21:13:00 |
| McLaren's 2012 car will be launched on February 1 at an as-yet undisclosed location, the team have revealed. Following its unveiling, the MP4-27 will then test at the first pre-season session at Jerez in Spain on February 7-9
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Video - FIA Awards 2011 ceremony highlights |
2011-12-14 23:34:00 |
| For the second successive year, Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel was the toast of the annual FIA Prize Giving Gala. Vettel was handed the coveted 2011 FIA Formula One World Championship trophy by FIA President Jean Todt at this year's event, held last week in New Delhi, India.
Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner, meanwhile, was presented with the 2011 constructors' trophy by Bernie Ecclestone. McLaren's Jenson Button and Red Bull's Mark Webber also received awards for second and third places respectively in the drivers' championship.
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McLaren aero head joins Lotus |
2011-12-08 20:06:00 |
| Lotus have confirmed that leading aerodynamicist John Iley is to become the team's performance director. Iley joins from McLaren where he was head of aerodynamics and will start work with Tony Fernandes' squad - to be known as Caterham next season - in June 2012.
Iley will head up all aerodynamics, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and related activity for the Lotus team
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1971 Monza winner Gethin dies |
2011-12-06 06:51:00 |
| British driver Peter Gethin, winner of the 1971 Italian Grand Prix, has died at the age of 71 after succumbing to a long illness. During 30 Formula One starts, Gethin raced for McLaren, BRM and Graham Hill's Embassy team.
Surrey-born Gethin made his F1 debut, aged 30, for McLaren in 1970, the team drafting him in following the death of founder Bruce McLaren. However, he was best known
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The 2011 Season Review - Part Two |
2011-12-06 01:45:00 |
| McLaren struggled horribly in pre-season testing, trying to get their blown floor working, but reversion to a previous iteration worked miracles for the opening race and they were competitive for much of the season. Hamilton won beautifully in China, then came victory for Button in Canada, the race of the year which had it all
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McLaren become world's first carbon-neutral F1 team |
2011-12-05 19:09:00 |
| McLaren revealed on Monday that they have achieved a long-held ambition in becoming fully carbon-neutral - the first Formula One team ever to receive such certification.
By implementing a series of efficiency-driven measures within their UK base, the McLaren Technology Centre, the team were able to achieve annual savings of more than 1500 tonnes of CO2 emissions
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Toro Rosso strengthen technical team |
2011-12-02 00:50:00 |
| Toro Rosso have strengthened their technical line-up ahead of the 2012 season with two key appointments to the Italian team's design and aerodynamics departments.
Luca Furbatto joins the design team in Faenza having worked at McLaren since 2000, where the 39-year-old Italian's most recent role was that of assistant project leader
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New deal likely for Hamilton |
2011-11-29 18:55:31 |
| Lewis Hamilton is "confident" that he will stay with McLaren beyond the end of his current contract, but wants the team to focus on a better car for 2012
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VIDEO: Brazilian Grand Prix in 90 seconds |
2011-11-28 15:18:16 |
| Watch the best action from the season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix as Red Bull's Mark Webber storms to victory in Interlagos, finishing ahead of team-mate Sebastian Vettel and McLaren's Jenson Button. (UK only)
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FIA post-race press conference - Brazil |
2011-11-28 06:45:00 |
| Drivers: 1 - Mark Webber (Red Bull Racing); 2 - Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull Racing); 3 - Jenson Button (McLaren).
Q: Mark, a win to take you into the winter, how are you feeling right now?
Mark Webber: Yeah, very good. Felt good all weekend to be honest. Seb did a great lap for pole yesterday but y'know today I had a little bit of the rub of the green
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Live - Brazilian Grand Prix |
2011-11-27 23:28:49 |
| World champion Sebastian Vettel starts from pole position for the final race of the 2011 Formula 1 season, with the McLarens of Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton sharing the second row.
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FIA post-qualifying press conference - Brazil |
2011-11-27 05:13:00 |
| Drivers: 1 - Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull); 2 - Mark Webber (Red Bull); 3 - Jenson Button (McLaren).
Q: Sebastian, a record 15th pole of the season. Describe your feelings at this historic moment?
Sebastian Vettel: Yes, it is difficult. I mean there has been quite some talk before the qualifying
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Qualifying - Vettel claims sensational record pole in Brazil |
2011-11-27 02:11:00 |
| Sebastian Vettel set a new record for pole positions on Saturday at Interlagos, taking his ground-breaking 15th in a season to move ahead of Nigel Mansell whom he equalled in Abu Dhabi.
The world champion took his Red Bull round in a superb 1m 11.918s. Just to rub it in, team mate Mark Webber kept McLaren off the front row with 1m 12.099s.
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Practice Three - Vettel leads Button at Interlagos |
2011-11-26 23:22:00 |
| Sebastian Vettel took his turn to top a practice session here at Interlagos on Saturday morning, but the times remained tight as McLaren's Jenson Button was only 0.087s behind and a second covered the first nine cars.
Vettel lapped his Red Bull in 1m 12.460s, while a late improvement put a happier Button second with 1m 12.547s just ahead of Vettel's team mate Mark Webber on 1m 12.597s...
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Final practice - Vettel leads Button at Interlagos |
2011-11-26 23:22:00 |
| Sebastian Vettel took his turn to top a practice session here at Interlagos on Saturday morning, but the times remained tight as McLaren's Jenson Button was only 0.087s behind and a second covered the first nine cars.
Vettel lapped his Red Bull in 1m 12.460s, while a late improvement put a happier Button second with 1m 12.547s just ahead of Vettel's team mate Mark Webber on 1m 12.597s...
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Friday analysis - McLaren head four-team tussle |
2011-11-26 06:17:00 |
| It was a normal Friday by F1 standards, as teams focused on tyre evaluation, and short- and long-run work, with the difference that Pirelli gave each driver two sets of developmental 2012 hard tyres to try as well. McLaren led the way, but with Red Bull, Ferrari and Mercedes breathing down their necks
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Practice Two - Hamilton pips Vettel at Interlagos |
2011-11-26 03:16:00 |
| Lewis Hamilton's rehabilitation continued in Brazil on Friday afternoon as he topped the second free practice session, but it was a close-run thing as the top eight drivers - from McLaren, Red Bull, Ferrari and Mercedes - were bracketed by just 0.480s.
Hamilton lapped his McLaren in 1m 13.392s, 0.167s ahead of Sebastian Vettel on 1m 13.559s and 0.195s up on the latter's Red Bull team mate Mark Webber, who recorded 1m 13.587s
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Practice One - Webber fastest for Red Bull at Interlagos |
2011-11-25 22:53:00 |
| Seven-tenths of a second separated the top six drivers after Friday morning's first practice session at Interlagos. Mark Webber set the pace for Red Bull with 1m 13.811s, but he was only 0.014s ahead of Jenson Button, who posted 1m 13.825s, and 0.150s ahead of Lewis Hamilton, who lapped in 1m 13.961s in the second McLaren. Hamilton aborted a final effort to go quicker.
Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel just failed to break into the 1m 13s with 1m 14.025s, leaving the top four just 0.214s apart, while the Ferraris had a mixed day. On his 100th appearance for them, Felipe Massa was fifth on 1m 14.507s, with Fernando Alonso sixth on 1m 14.541s. The Spaniard took a long while to get going, then stopped near the end after slowing in Turn One with similar engine troubles to those he experienced in India.
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FIA Thursday press conference - Brazil |
2011-11-25 02:10:00 |
| Drivers - Rubens Barrichello (Williams), Jenson Button (McLaren), Felipe Massa (Ferrari), Daniel Ricciardo (HRT), Michael Schumacher (Mercedes) and Bruno Senna (Renault).
Q: Bruno, I think, first of all, you've had a pretty busy time since Abu Dhabi because you came straight here?
Bruno Senna: Yeah, well, to be honest last week I took [off] to rest and to get acclimatised as
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Brazil preview - intense Interlagos hosts fight for final spoils |
2011-11-24 19:37:00 |
| Back in 2009 Red Bull's Mark Webber dominated the Brazilian Grand Prix and would dearly love to close out a winless 2011 season with a repeat victory, as he bids to overhaul McLaren's Jenson Button and Ferrari's Fernando Alonso for second overall.
Brazil is one of the best races of the year, the Australian says. It's a track which reminds me of Brands Hatch and the Formula Ford racing there because it's a like a bowl in terms of the atmosphere. The Brazilian people love their motorsport and are extremely passionate about it, obviously off the back of Piquet, Senna, Fittipaldi and Rubens Barrichello - they've had some really great drivers.
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McLaren not expecting radical shift from Pirelli in 2012 |
2011-11-23 23:11:00 |
| Official tyre supplier Pirelli have made no secret of their plans to push forward the development of their rubber ahead of the 2012 season. But McLaren are confident there won't be sweeping compound changes and instead expect the Italian firm to build on their excellent debut season with solid progress.
We have all really enjoyed the racing this year where we had tyres that the drivers had to be quite cautious with or at least occasionally trade outright pace for longevity, explained McLaren managing director Jonathan Neale in a Vodafone McLaren Mercedes phone-in. That has added a dynamic to the challenge for the drivers.
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McLaren's Jonathan Neale on Hamilton, Honda, Michael & more |
2011-11-23 21:30:00 |
| Ahead of this weekend's season-ending Formula 1 Grande Premio Petrobras Do Brasil 2011, the McLaren team's Managing Director Jonathan Neale, speaking in a Vodafone McLaren Mercedes Phone-In, talks about Lewis Hamilton's Abu Dhabi triumph, rumours of a renewed alliance with Honda, Red Bull's 'catchability' in 2012, and Sam Michael's first weekend with his new Woking colleagues
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De la Rosa lands 2012 race drive with HRT |
2011-11-22 00:15:00 |
| Pedro de la Rosa is to leave his current position as McLaren test driver and return to the grid next season with the HRT team. De la Rosa, 40, is a veteran of 85 Grand Prix starts and last raced with Sauber at this year's Canadian round.
The Spaniard, who last completed a full season of Formula One competition in 2002 with Jaguar, will join HRT in January on a two-year contract.
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Brazil preview quotes - Williams, Virgin, Red Bull, McLaren & more |
2011-11-21 19:11:00 |
| After the hi-tech modernity of Abu Dhabi, the paddock heads back to one of the classic venues for the final round of the 2011 FIA Formula One World Championship and Sao Paulo's Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace at Interlagos. It's been the venue for plenty of drama over the years, and don't expect this season to be any different. The teams and drivers explain what makes it so special
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Brazil preview quotes - Virgin, Red Bull, McLaren, Lotus & more |
2011-11-21 18:11:00 |
| After the hi-tech modernity of Abu Dhabi, the paddock heads back to one of the classic venues for the final round of the 2011 FIA Formula One World Championship and Sao Paulo's Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace at Interlagos. It's been the venue for plenty of drama over the years, and don't expect this season to be any different. The teams and drivers explain what makes it so special
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Brazil preview quotes - McLaren, Lotus, Sauber, HRT & more |
2011-11-18 19:11:00 |
| After the hi-tech modernity of Abu Dhabi, the paddock heads back to one of the classic venues for the final round of the 2011 FIA Formula One World Championship and Sao Paulo's Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace at Interlagos. It's been the venue for plenty of drama over the years, and don't expect this season to be any different. The teams and drivers explain what makes it so special
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Brazil preview quotes - Red Bull, McLaren, Lotus, Sauber & more |
2011-11-18 19:11:00 |
| After the hi-tech modernity of Abu Dhabi, the paddock heads back to one of the classic venues for the final round of the 2011 FIA Formula One World Championship and Sao Paulo's Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace at Interlagos. It's been the venue for plenty of drama over the years, and don't expect this season to be any different. The teams and drivers explain what makes it so special
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Yas Marina day three - Vergne makes it a hat trick |
2011-11-17 22:18:00 |
| Jean-Eric Vergne completed a clean sweep at Yas Marina on Thursday as he again topped the times for Red Bull in the final day of this week's Abu Dhabi young driver test. Vergne was the only man to better 1m 40s as he improved significantly on his Wednesday best with a 1m 38.917s.
Mercedes' Sam Bird took over from Ferrari's Jules Bianchi as Vergne's closest rival, the Briton splitting the two Frenchmen with a lap of 1m 40.897s. Bianchi finished just over half a second down on Bird, just ahead of McLaren's Oliver Turvey
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Exclusive Whitmarsh Q&A: McLaren will turn tables in 2012 |
2011-11-16 21:07:00 |
| They may have won six races this season, but finishing runner-up to Red Bull in both titles has been hard for McLaren to swallow. A tricky winter off-track was followed by a difficult spring on it, and only in the summer did their fortunes finally turn - by which time it was too late.
Team principal Martin Whitmarsh discusses what went wrong, how they put it right and why 2012 will be better, plus the Hamilton-Button dynamic, resource restriction agreements, team politics and more
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Yas Marina day one - Vergne sets young driver pace |
2011-11-15 22:18:00 |
| Jean-Eric Vergne led the times at Yas Marina on Tuesday for Red Bull, as this week's three-day young driver test got underway at the Abu Dhabi circuit. Vergne, who finished second in this year's Formula Renault 3.5 series, clocked a best time of 1m 40.011s in the RB7 to finish over ninth tenths of a second ahead of Jules Bianchi in the Ferrari.
Reigning Formula Renault 3.5 champion Robert Wickens was third for Renault, ahead of Swiss driver Fabio Leimer, who made his Formula One debut for Sauber. Fifth fastest was McLaren tester Gary Paffett, whilst 20 year-old British GP2 driver Max Chilton was sixth for Force India.
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Hamilton disagrees with Whitmarsh |
2011-11-15 17:34:27 |
| Lewis Hamilton has disagreed with his McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh that he will be fighting with team-mate Jenson Button for a fourth win of the season at the Brazilian Grand Prix
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Teams opposed to Q3 tweaks |
2011-11-14 21:13:19 |
| McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh has warned against changing Formula One's qualifying format in order to coax all ten drivers out on track in the final session of qualifying
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Hamilton wins in Abu Dhabi |
2011-11-14 20:40:37 |
| McLaren's Lewis Hamilton wins the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix from Ferrari's Fernando Alonso as Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel retires following a first-lap puncture.
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