Jenson Button: Lewis Hamilton and I must work together at McLaren

By Tom Cary, F1 Correspondent Published: 11:12PM GMT 23 Jan 2010 From the Mercedes-Benz museum in Stuttgart to Ferrari’s factory in Maranello to Vodafone’s UK headquarters in Newbury, the biggest teams will be rolling out their 2010 machines and the best drivers pontificating on their chances [...]

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MCLAREN WITH ONLINE LAUNCH

The McLaren team will stream the launch of its new challenger online. McLaren said on Friday that the event will take place at Vodafone UK’s headquarters in Newbury, but the unveiling of the car, as well as the on-stage press conferences with Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton will be streamed on the team’s official website.The [...]

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Button: Cooperation key at McLaren

Jenson Button says of his alliance with Lewis Hamilton at McLaren: ‘Us two working together, with our experience, is fantastic.’ Photograph: Mark Thompson/Getty Images The Formula One world champion, Jenson Button, and Lewis Hamilton, his predecessor, will get together tomorrow for the first time since becoming team-mates at McLaren. Button [...]

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F1 2010 Season grid lineup almost complete now:Alguersuari confirmed at Toro Rosso ,US F1 set to announce Lopez

Scuderia Toro Rosso has confirmed that Spaniard Jaime Alguersuari will stay on at the team during the 2010 season.The 19-year-old became the youngest driver to take part in a grand prix last year, when he replaced Frenchman Sebastien Bourdais from the Hungarian Grand Prix onwards.Team US F1 is set to announce Jose Maria Lopez as [...]

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McLaren signs kart star de Vries.

McLaren has maintained its belief in tracking racing talent in the way that it helped Lewis Hamilton reach Formula One, and has signed up Dutch kart racer Nyck de Vries as the latest addition to its young driver development programme. Continuing the Hamilton link, the 14-year old will be managed by Lewis’ father Anthony under [...]

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Title sponsor HQ to host McLaren launch

McLaren’s 2010 car will be launched at title sponsor Vodafone’s UK headquarters next Friday. The British team announced last week that the MP4-25, to be raced this year by Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button, will be unveiled publicly on the morning of 29 January. The location of the event was not previously known, but on [...]

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McLaren sign young karter Nyck de Vries

McLaren announced on Thursday that they have signed Dutch karting star Nyck de Vries to their young driver development programme. Fourteen year-old De Vries will be managed by Lewis Hamilton’s father, Anthony, and the Hamilton Management Group as he makes his way through motorsport’s junior ranks.“McLaren has a long-held commitment to assisting [...]

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Button aiming to be in the 30 per cent minority

Despite suggestions to the contrary, reigning world champion Jenson Button has insisted that he will be 100 per cent on an equal footing with McLaren-Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton in F1 2010 as he bids to join the 30 per cent minority amongst sportsmen to successfully defend their world titles. Many have opined that in electing [...]

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Photo: Lewis Hamilton- up close

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Herbert: McLaren could be Button’s best chance of defending title

Swimming against the general tide of opinion on the matter within the grand prix paddock, Johnny Herbert has claimed that McLaren-Mercedes could just give Jenson button his best chance of successfully defending his hard-fought drivers world championship crown in F1 2010 provided he is mentally tough enough to cope with team-mate Lewis Hamilton. The argument [...]

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