REIGNING WORLD CHAMPION Lewis Hamilton has revealed his delight at having the opportunity to race against the most successful Formula 1 driver of all time, Michael Schumacher.

Hamilton has long expressed his regret at missing the opportunity to race with the German after making his debut in the first event of the post-Schumacher era.

But with the [...]

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McLAREN’S LEWIS HAMILTON has conceded his team should have cut its losses and commenced work on a new car after it became obvious the MP4-24 was seriously below par.

The Woking-based outfit’s decision to completely immerse itself in the 2008 championship race and delay and progress on its 2009 machine has proved costly, with Hamilton and [...]

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MERCEDES-BENZ MOTORSPORT BOSS Norbert Haug has declared it would be “bizarre” for McLaren to consider the possibility of defending its World Championship.
While McLaren has managed to remain in the headlines throughout the season – albeit for the wrong reasons – on the track, the Woking-based outfit has found itself battling to remain relevant in race [...]

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BMW Team Principal Dr Mario Theissen has refused to deny speculation the Formula One Teams Association may boycott the FIA mandated entry-date for next year in a bid to get the two-tier championship overturned.

FOTA is demanding urgent talks with the FIA over the new regulations in a bid to force a change before the May [...]

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Reigning World Champion Lewis Hamilton has revealed he considered quitting Formula One after he was found to have misled a stewards inquiry at the Australian Grand Prix.

Hamilton was heavily criticised by the press in Britain for his role in the scandal, causing public sentiment towards the 24-year old to shift negatively as the country discovered [...]

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McLaren has been called to appear before an extraordinary meeting of the FIA World Motor Sport Council to respond to claims it has brought the sport into disrepute.

The hearing, which takes place in Paris on April 29, will see McLaren face charges it has breached Article 151c of the International Sporting Code on [...]

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The McLaren ‘lying to the stewards’ scandal which engulfed Formula 1 last week, almost claimed the career of World Champion Lewis Hamilton this week.

The Times of London reports that Hamilton was prepared to walk away from the sport in the wake of the controversy.

FIA President Max Mosley apparently played a key role in allaying Hamilton’s [...]

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McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh has defended his decision to suspend sporting director, Kiwi Dave Ryan, in the wake of the Lewis Hamilton disqualification scandal.

Ryan, a 35-year employee of the Woking-based team, has been sent home after reportedly instructing Hamilton to deceive stewards during a post-race investigation in Melbourne.

Although the decision has pained senior members [...]

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McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton has been stripped of his third-place finish at the Australian Grand Prix after it was found he gave ‘misleading’ evidence during a post-race inquiry.

Hamilton was elevated to the final podium spot in Melbourne after stewards ruled Toyota’s Jarno Trulli had passed the World Champion under safety car conditions, with the Italian receiving [...]

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The FIA’s race stewards have summoned Jarno Trulli and Lewis Hamilton to appear at an inquiry in Malaysia this evening after new evidence emerged over their safety car incident in Melbourne.

Trulli was stripped of third place after stewards ruled he had passed Hamilton under safety car conditions despite comments by the World Champion suggesting he [...]

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It’s nothing new to imagine the ultimate sporting dream team. The formula is simple: take the best of the best from past and present and wrap them into one ultimate line-up.

But what about the ultimate sporting rivalry? Chronograph creator TAG Heuer has given the question some thought and decided it’d like to see two of [...]

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McLaren has taken the wraps off its new-for-2009 F1 challenger at its UK headquarters in Woking. At the same time, it has revealed that the car will be driven by - surprise, surprise - reigning champ Lewis Hamilton and teammate Heikki Kovalainen for this year’s season.

Despite sharing a similar alphanumeric code, the MP4-24 bears little resemblence to [...]

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