Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel has won the European Grand Prix in Valencia, Spain, leading comfortably from start to finish to secure his second win this season since his first at the Malaysian Grand Prix. His teammate Mark Webber crashed out of the race spectacularly, shunting into the back of Heikki Kovalainen’s Lotus before …Read More

The McLaren team is on a roll, winning a successive one-two finish in Canada after the last win in Turkey two weeks ago. Lewis Hamilton finished in first position —claiming the lead in the drivers’ championship as a result—with Jenson Button in second position, ahead of Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso in third and the Red Bull duo in fourth and fifth. “It …Read More

Lewis Hamilton has won his first victory of 2010 in the Turkish Grand Prix in Istanbul, with Jenson Button completing the McLaren one-two. The Red Bull duo of Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel was heading for the top positions once again, until Vettel’s overtaking attempt on then-leader Webber resulted in a collision, handing the victory to the McLaren cars lurking close behind. While …Read More

Mark Webber has scored his second consecutive victory, dominating the Monaco Grand Prix from his starting pole position to finish despite four safety car periods. Completing the Red Bull dominance is Sebastian Vettel, who started from third but managed to take second position after speeding past Renault’s Robert Kubica almost immediately at the start. Webber described …Read More

Jenson Button, the reigning world champion, has won the Chinese Grand Prix, thanks to yet another spot-on tyre call on a wet Shanghai circuit. This is Button’s second victory in four races, after his first at the Australian Grand Prix, propelling him to the top of the drivers’ championship. Lewis Hamilton secured a McLaren 1-2 finish, with Nico Rosberg of Mercedes claiming third. …Read More

Red Bull has finally lived up to promise at the Malaysian GP, as Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber took the first-second placing at the Sepang circuit. Third on the grid, Vettel made an excellent start, overtaking his Australian teammate, who started in pole position, in the first corner, and leading from start to finish with relative ease. …Read More

Jenson Button has claimed the first victory for himself and McLaren in Melbourne, in a thrilling Australian Grand Prix that put worries of F1 becoming boring to rest. Having gambled on switching to dry tyres early, Button took the lead from Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull), who started the race in pole position, when he skidded into the gravel due …Read More

The McLaren F1 team has launched its new car, the Mercedes-powered MP4-25, at Vodafone’s Newbury headquarters in the UK. Although Mercedes-Benz is only an engine supplier for 2010, the new car sports the familiar silver livery, the famous three-pointed star and the full Mercedes-Benz name. Still, there are obvious differences in terms of the radical “shark …Read More

It is official: F1 World champion Jenson Button’s move to McLaren has been confirmed, in a deal worth USD 30 million over three years, being the first team ever to start a season with two previous World champions. Button is 29 years old, while Lewis Hamilton is only 24. According to Button, the trip to McLaren’s headquarters earlier …Read More

Daimler AG and Abu Dhabi’s investment company Aabar Investments PJSC have bought a 75 percent stake in Brawn Grand Prix, the team that won the 2009 F1 World Championship in its first year of competition. Brawn Grand Prix will be renamed Mercedes Grand Prix, but Ross Brawn and Nick Fry will retain a 24.9 percent stake. The former will …Read More

Jenson Button has been crowned the new Formula One World Champion, after finishing fifth in the Brazilian Grand Prix. While race winner Mark Webber, Robert Kubica and Lewis Hamilton stood atop the podium, the 29-year-old Button celebrated in the pitlane below, screaming with joy and singing the song that comes naturally to mind—“We are the champions”. With …Read More