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Lewis Hamilton Will Seek New Manager to Replace His Father

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Lewis Hamilton has revealed that he and his father, Anthony Hamilton, are parting ways, professionally speaking.  The elder Hamilton has been the McLaren pilot’s business manager since his karting days.  However, Hamilton says they’ve made a joint decision that it would be mutually beneficial for the two of them to terminate that relationship.
It certainly won’t [...]

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Alonso Followed Father’s Urging in Joining Ferrari

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Fernando Alonso has revealed that he joined Ferrari at his father’s urging.  The double world champion, as reported in The Guardian, recently indicated that his father had always told him that after he had driven for Ferrari his career would be complete, and he could retire.
But Alonso said, “So after I won my two championships [...]

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Button Thinks Ferrari Might Be Quickest

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While lap times might have been misleading during the first three rounds of pre-season testing, with teams running an assortment fuel loads and test programs, Jenson Button has surmised that Ferrari might have a performance edge over the other top contenders, i.e. Mercedes, Red Bull and his own team, McLaren.
“I think the Ferrari is very [...]

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Button Quickest at Jerez on Day Four

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Jenson Button was quickest today on the final day of testing at Jerez.  Button managed to set a lap time in the high 1:18’s, which was the quickest time of either this week, or last, at Jerez.
While this week’s sessions began in the wet, today’s tests were concluded under sunny skies and dry track conditions, [...]

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McLaren MP4-25 Launched at Vodafone Headquarters

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The McLaren-Mercedes Formula 1 team formally launched its 2010 challenger, the MP4-25, at Vodafone’s UK headquarters in Newbury today.  Although Mercedes is no longer an equity partner in the team, the new car sports the predominantly silver livery that has been a fixture on McLarens since 1997.  Prior to that year, of course, McLarens were [...]

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Button Preparing for Debut McLaren Test “Like It Is the First Race”

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Jenson Button is aware that the odds are against his snagging a repeat title in 2010.  While some Formula 1 champs are able to win ultimate laurels in successive years (most recently, Michael Schumacher did this for five years in succession, and Fernando Alonso for two), it’s not the norm in the sporting world.  But [...]

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Button Believes McLaren Will Be Strong in 2010

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The 2009 Formula 1 world champion Jenson Button, who will make his testing debut with  McLaren on February 3, predicts a strong showing for his new team.  Whilie acknowledging that McLaren poured substantial resources into their 2009 car, in order to raise its performance, which was dismal at the start of last season, to a [...]

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Button Says Chances for Title Repeat Better at McLaren

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Jenson Button, speaking at this week’s Autosport International Racing Car Show, has said that his chances of winning a second Formula 1 world championship in 2010 are greater with McLaren than they would have been had he stayed at Brawn/Mercedes.  Button took his first title with the Brackley-based squad in 2009, and had been with [...]

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Schumacher Says He Wants an Eighth F1 Title

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After completing a three-day test session in a GP2 car in Jerez, Michael Schumacher was upbeat and optimistic about his return to Formula 1.  In fact, as he recently told the German publication Bild, his aim is clearly defined: to win an eighth world championship. “We have a clear aim in our long-term plan and [...]

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Brawn Says Talks with Schumi and Button “Overlapped”

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Although Michael Schumacher’s signing with Mercedes GP had become an open secret in recent days, two elements in the German ace’s new Silver Arrows deal are somewhat surprising.
First, it had been assumed that Schumacher, who will be 41 when the new season begins, would only commit to a one-year contract.  The rationale behind this assumption [...]

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