Driven Button growing attached to No1 status January 4, 2010 WORLD champion Jenson Button insists he is more motivated than ever as he takes the first steps in his McLaren career. Button has been tipped to be eclipsed by team-mate and fellow Englishman Lewis Hamilton in 2010, despite scooping the drivers’ title last year. But while he is wary of talking up his chances before [...]
Silverstone chiefs set to confirm British GPdeal December 6, 2009 SILVERSTONE chiefs are today expected to confirm they have safeguarded the future of the British Grand Prix by clinching a fresh deal to stage the iconic race. The event has been in danger of being struck off the Formula One calendar following the collapse of Donington’s contract to stage it. That left Silverstone, home of [...]
Silverstone close to deal November 23, 2009 SILVERSTONE’S managing director insists a deal to stage the British Grand Prix for at least the next 10 years is on the brink of being clinched. Formula One chief Bernie Ecclestone has warned that any agreement to keep the race on the calendar must be done by 9 December, and Richard Phillips is confident it [...]
Button: I took a pay cut to join McLaren November 19, 2009 JENSON BUTTON has denied his move to McLaren was motivated by money – insisting he even took a pay cut to make the switch. The 29-year-old clinched his first world championship with Brawn GP this season, but has signed a three-year deal to join fellow Brit Lewis Hamilton at the Woking-based McLaren outfit. Brawn were [...]
Button likely to join McLaren as Mercedes GP tighten belt November 17, 2009 WORLD champion Jenson Button is expected to sign for McLaren this week after Mercedes GP chiefs said they would not raise their offer to the Englishman. Talks between Button and McLaren are said to have progressed significantly since he visited the team’s headquarters last week. The Woking-based outfit are keen to pair Button with Lewis [...]
Doubt over Button future deepens as Mercedes take charge of Brawn November 16, 2009 MERCEDES chiefs insist their takeover of Brawn GP will not mean world champion Jenson Button is forced out to make way for an all-German driving line-up. The German manufacturer yesterday bought a 75 per cent stake in Brawn, in a move that will see the 2009 constructors’ champions rebranded as Mercedes GP. Mercedes have meanwhile [...]
Rosberg set for Brawn switch October 29, 2009 FORMULA ONE: German driver Nico Rosberg has announced he is to leave Williams at the end of the season, adding fuel to rumours he is about to swap places with Rubens Barrichello and drive for Brawn GP in 2010. The 24-year-old refused to comment on the rumours but speaking ahead of Sunday’s season-ending Abu Dhabi [...]
Losing British GP would damage F1, say McLaren October 28, 2009 MCLAREN team boss Martin Whitmarsh has pleaded with Formula One chiefs to save the British Grand Prix for the good of the sport. The race is in doubt after Donington Park, which was due to stage it from next year, failed to raise the funding necessary to host the event. Silverstone, which has been its [...]
Button is ready to sign new 8m Brawn deal October 25, 2009 JENSON BUTTON is ready to put pen-to-paper on a new £8m deal, according to team boss Ross Brawn. The newly-crowned world champion has been linked with a move to join fellow Brit Lewis Hamilton at McLaren, but Brawn GP are ready to break the bank to keep the 29-year-old with the Brackley-based team. Button took [...]
Button: Cash not the issue October 20, 2009 TRIUMPHANT Jenson Button will make an emotional return to Brawn GP’s Northamptonshire factory today to personally thank staff for making him a world champion. The British driver, who clinched the title in Brazil on Sunday, will visit his team’s headquarters in Brackley having landed back on home soil yesterday. Button saw many of his colleagues [...]
