Tag: Jenson Button
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F1: McLaren fastest in Melbourne practice as Ferrari bide their time
McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button set the best times in a fragmented Friday practice for the Australian Grand Prix as red flags disrupted the first session and rain the second.
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F1: Jenson Button goes tintop Down Under
McLaren’s Jenson Button is working up to the Australian Grand Prix, scene of his first win of the 2009 season, by sampling a little red-hot tintop action courtesy of the country’s brutal V8 Supercar series.
Tagged as: Australian Grand Prix, Jamie Whincup, Jenson Button, McLaren, McLaren MP4-23, V8 Supercars
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Goodwood promo: Biker runs amok once again round stately home
If you’ve ever fancied experiencing for yourself how the other half lives, imagining the luxurious peace and solitude of breakfasting at leisure in a stately home, then you probably haven’t allowed for the presence of Dougie Lampkin.
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F1: Ferrari throw down the gauntlet with opening 1-2
The remorseless pace and reliability of Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa destroyed the hopes of Sebastian Vettel in his fast but fragile Red Bull as the 2010 Formula One season opened in Bahrain with a 1-2 finish for Ferrari.
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Button and Brawn GP add Laureus awards to 2009 season honours
Jenson Button and the former Brawn GP team personnel have joined sports stars Usain Bolt, Serena Williams and Kim Clijsters in winning the 2010 Laureus World Sport Award categories in which they were nominated.
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F1 testing: Hamilton and McLaren pull out all the stops
Lewis Hamilton pushed McLaren to the top of the unofficial timesheets in Barcelona today, also helping to secure the fastest combined performance for the team in three of the four Spanish winter test sessions.
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F1 testing: Button and Schumacher both optimistic after rainy test
Nico Rosberg topped the timesheets for Mercedes GP at Barcelona today, just a day after his team-mate Michael Schumacher said he didn’t feel the team was in a position to win races – and then declared he had been wrong.
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F1 testing: Button saves best for last as McLaren go fastest
McLaren’s Jenson Button rounded off the second bout of Jerez winter testing with a timesheet-topping performance in his MP4-25 in the face of subdued performances from his major rivals.
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F1: Brawn GP and Jenson Button in line for Laureus awards
Single-season stars Brawn GP have taken another step towards having their incredible 2009 performance immortalised after driver Jenson Button and his former Brawn GP team were each nominated for a prestigious international sports award.
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F1 testing: Kobayashi tops timesheets for Sauber
It’s not been quite as dramatic as Jenson Button’s and Rubens Barrichello’s 2009 ascendancy with Brawn GP – but the subtle strength of Sauber and of its two race-deprived drivers could turn out to be the story of the 2010 tests.