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Vettel Wins European Grand Prix, Webber Flips

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Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel proved once again that he’s a leading contender for this year’s Formula 1 top honors.  He led the grand prix at Valencia from pole, and controlled the race virtually from red lights to checkers.  He was joined on the podium by the McLaren duo of Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button, who [...]

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Hamilton Wins in Montreal, with Button Runner-up

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McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton scored his second victory in a row today in Montreal, with team mate Jenson Button as runner-up, also for the second time in as many races.  If that sounds like the beginning of a routine, the race was anything but.  The Canadian event was action-packed from turn one, with enough overtaking and [...]

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Hamilton Snags Pole for Canadian Grand Prix

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Lewis Hamilton again showed that he seems to know the quickest way around the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.  Hamilton won his first pole and his first race here in his debut F1 season in 2007.  On Saturday, he managed to outpace the pole-dominant Red Bulls, as well as his team mate, Jenson Button, who said of [...]

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Martin Whitmarsh Predicts McLaren Will Shine at Canadian GP

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It’s obvious to even a casual observer that the McLaren team has been closing the gap on Red Bull Racing since the beginning of the 2010 season.  While Red Bull has certainly been the class of the field over all, at Istanbul weekend before last McLaren showed that they could run at more or less [...]

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Hamilton Wins Istanbul GP; Webber and Vettel Collide

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Lewis Hamilton took home the gold for McLaren today in Istanbul, with team mate Jenson Button finishing as runner-up.  Mark Webber rounded out the podium, for Red Bull.  McLaren’s success at closing the gap between themselves and the thus far dominant Red Bull squad was only one of today’s story-lines, however.
The most dramatic moment of [...]

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F-Ducts Banned for 2011

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Only five races into the new season, FOTA (Formula One Teams Association) has agreed to ban F-ducts for 2011.  McLaren introduced the F-duct technology at the beginning of this season.  It’s been something of a boon for the MP4-25, which struggles a bit for downforce.  The F-duct, which stalls airflow over the rear wing on [...]

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Is Jenson Button a Better Racer than Lewis Hamilton?

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When Jenson Button announced that he was leaving Brawn GP to become Lewis Hamilton’s team mate at McLaren, there was a nearly universal expectation that he would be trounced by the the Woking squad’s golden boy.  After all, even as a rookie, Hamilton had been a burr under double-champ Fernando Alonso’s saddle.  And in the [...]

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Hamilton Says He’ll Adopt Button’s “Easier” Racing Style

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Lewis Hamilton has acknowledged that he might need to adjust his driving style if he’s to keep pace with his new McLaren team mate, Jenson Button.  Button is currently leading the championship race, and is the only race winner this season to have won multiple races.
When Button announced during the winter that he was leaving [...]

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Jenson Button Wins in Shangai – Race Analysis

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McLaren’s Jenson Button took his second win of the season in Shanghai on Sunday, becoming the first driver in 2010 to score multiple wins.  He has also vaulted to the top spot in the championship point standings.  Button has called it the best win of his career.
The win was certainly well-earned.  While Button’s team mate, [...]

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Merc Power Rules Friday’s Practice Sessions in Shanghai

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Friday practice in Shanghai has produced few surprises. For the most part, the usual suspect occupy the top third of the time sheets.  In both FP1 and FP2, McLaren and Mercedes occupied the top four slots on the time sheets.  Both teams are powered by the same engines, so this is probably an indication that [...]

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