McLaren

A Future Vettel-Hamilton Line-up at Red Bull?

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Is it possible that a Vettel-Hamilton partnership might be looming in the future?  Red Bull boss Christian Horner hasn’t ruled it out. Teams that boast dueling number-one drivers often seem doomed to calamity.  The foremost example in the modern era is the Ayrton Senna-Alain Prost match up at McLaren in the late 1980′s and early [...]

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Lewis Hamilton and Tony Stewart to Swap Rides at Watkins Glen

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Lewis Hamilton and NASCAR driver Tony Stewart will do a car swap for a demonstration test at Watkins Glen, NY this summer.  The event should be reminiscent of the test staged a few years back at Indianapolis, when Juan Pablo Montoya (then a Williams pilot) and NASCAR ace Jeff Gordon traded seats for a demo. [...]

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Is Fernando Alonso a Saboteur?

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During his career, uber-driver Michael Schumacher has often been accused of being ruthless and ethically suspect.  Witness his deliberate nudge into Damon Hill in 1994, causing the retirement of both, but handing Schumi the world title; his duplication of that maneuver against Jacques Villeneuve in 1997, causing only Schumi’s retirement, and ceding the title to [...]

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Raikkonen and Montoya Both Happy to Leave F1 in the Past

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Although former McLaren team mates Kimi Raikkonen and Juan Pablo Montoya seem to be spectral opposites in terms of character (Montoya’s fiery personality standing in stark contrast to the Kimster’s “Iceman” persona), they do have one thing in common: both drivers seem to have walked away from the pinnacle of motorsport (if we can agree [...]

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Martin Brundle Predicts Fireworks in the McLaren Garage in 2011

Thumbnail image for Martin Brundle Predicts Fireworks in the McLaren Garage in 2011 January 19, 2011

The mood at McLaren during the 2010 season, was one of team spirit and camaraderie, at least judging from appearances.  Of course, the Woking outfit is well-practiced at maintaining a disciplined corporate front, so whether or not there was as much brotherly love floating around as purported is anyone’s guess.  The McLaren brass went out [...]

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Chris Dyer Takes the Fall for Ferrari’s Gaffe at Abu Dhabi

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As anyone who has worked in a business environment knows, in cases of public humiliation, or embarrassment, management loves to have a fall guy handy.  Ferrari is no exception to the rule.  Yesterday, the Scuderia announced that head of engineering Chris Dyer would be replaced in that role by ex-McLaren designer Pat Fry, the latter [...]

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Newey Is Confident Red Bulls Will Maintain Competitve Edge in 2011

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Adrian Newey is on a roll.  While the Brawn squad seemed to be the darlings of the 2009 F1 season, Red Bull has taken their place this year.  The fact is, Brawn’s dominance began to be eclipsed in the second half of last season, and it was only because they’d been so successful during the [...]

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The Great F1 Rivarly of the 1990s and 2000s: Adrian Newey and Rory Byrne

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If there’s one name that comes to mind as being at the forefront of Formula 1 car design, it’s Adrian Newey’s.  Newey has been the brains behind several successful title-winning cars over nearly three decades, first at Williams, then McLaren and now at Red Bull.  During Michael Schumacher’s early years at Ferrari, one paddock pundit [...]

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Jenson Button Thinks McLaren’s Technical Resources Will Give Them the Edge in 2011

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Jenson Button didn’t win the championship this year, nor was he even in the running by the time of the season finale at Abu Dhabi.  Nevertheless, he seems extremely content at his new team, McLaren.  At the post race press conference for podium finishers at Abu Dhabi, he was noticeably more chipper than McLaren team [...]

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Recalling James Hunt, Champion of a Different Era

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In 2007, the F1 world champ to be of that year, Kimi Raikkonen, entered a Finnish snowmobile race (which he won) under the name of James Hunt, the former F1 pilot who is said to be the Kimster’s idol.  While many young drivers today idolize such driving legends as Senna, Prost and Schumacher, the Kimster’s [...]

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