Brits on Pole

  • F1: Hamilton pockets more silverware at Autosport Awards

    The top one may have eluded him – Lewis Hamilton’s had no need to go out and buy a nice big sideboard on which to display his Drivers’ Championship silverware just yet. But still the awards keep rolling in.

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  • F1: wet weather dashes Hamilton’s hopes once more

    Wet weather has dashed Lewis Hamilton’s hopes of topping a second set of F1 standings – Top Gear’s “star in a reasonably-priced car” challenge. But, with the competitive spirit that makes or breaks an F1 driver, he’s cheekily secured himself another go in the dry.

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  • F1: Hamilton makes Sports Personality shortlist

    Here comes one of those posts that falls into the ‘not really news in any sense’ category. But just for the record, the BBC has published the shortlist for its Sports Personality of the Year Awards and Lewis Hamilton is on it.

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  • F1: Hamilton takes on Top Gear challenge

    Who wants to be F1 world champion anyway, when there are much greater prizes at stake? Who needs to beat Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen when the satisfaction of knocking The Stig off the top of the rankings awaits?

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  • F1: is Lewis your Great Briton of 2007?

    Had you been thinking that it really was time that Lewis Hamilton got a bit more publicity and recognition? Or perhaps you reckon Jenson Button really has been under-appreciated this year, or that David Coulthard could do with a bit of glory after a career as arguably the most successful British F1 driver de nos…

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  • F1: Hamilton says ‘I’ll beat Kimi on track next year’

    Lewis Hamilton has said that he believes Kimi Raikkonen deserves his 2007 World Championship title and says he looks forward to beating him on the track in future.

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  • F1: Hamilton visits Oxford for book signing

    If you’re hoping to meet the publicity-shy Lewis Hamilton at the moment, you won’t have many opportunities, so best to grab them where you can. You may like to know that the ace British driver is shortly due to visit Borders Bookshop in Magdalen Street, Oxford, where he will sign copies of his new autobiography…

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  • F1: Hamilton makes career-long commitment to McLaren

    One thing’s for sure in the uncertain F1 driver market – Lewis Hamilton’s staying put, and is quite happy about it.

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  • F1: Button lets fly at Honda and Hamilton

    ‘Sort it, or I’m off.’ That’s the ultimatum issued by Jenson Button to his Honda team. And he really hasn’t minced his words, either. He has told the Mail on Sunday: “I can’t be bothered with working my nuts off and qualifying 14th any more.”

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  • F1 quotes: Hamilton talks of the terrible price of fame

    Few people took Lewis Hamilton’s assertion that he was moving to Switzerland to retreat from the pressures of fame very seriously. Most commentators, including this blog’s management, saw the long shadow of the taxman looming over the horizon. And so it has proved to be.

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