The high speed, high-rolling world of Formula One is not a sport you would associate with something as mundane as the boiler tucked away in a dusty cupboard in your house.
World champion Lewis Hamilton and his McLaren team have escaped with a suspended three-race ban for "deliberately misleading" stewards at the Australian Grand Prix.
McLaren chairman Ron Dennis ended his 40-year involvement with Formula One on Thursday when he announced a major restructuring of the British-based company.
Rubens Barrichello in the Brawn GP produced the fastest time of the week in Formula One testing in Barcelona as world champion Lewis Hamilton struggled to keep pace in his new McLaren.
Formula One turned to the dark side at the Singapore Grand Prix and judging by how well it was received the sport's first night race will not be its last.
McLaren boss Ron Dennis has lauded Lewis Hamilton's first win in Monaco as "sensational" and fired a warning shot across Ferrari's bow, saying his team have enough pace to catch the championship leaders.
The high speed, high-rolling world of Formula One is not a sport you would associate with something as mundane as the boiler tucked away in a dusty cupboard in your house.
World champion Lewis Hamilton and his McLaren team have escaped with a suspended three-race ban for "deliberately misleading" stewards at the Australian Grand Prix.
McLaren chairman Ron Dennis ended his 40-year involvement with Formula One on Thursday when he announced a major restructuring of the British-based company.
Rubens Barrichello in the Brawn GP produced the fastest time of the week in Formula One testing in Barcelona as world champion Lewis Hamilton struggled to keep pace in his new McLaren.
Formula One turned to the dark side at the Singapore Grand Prix and judging by how well it was received the sport's first night race will not be its last.
McLaren boss Ron Dennis has lauded Lewis Hamilton's first win in Monaco as "sensational" and fired a warning shot across Ferrari's bow, saying his team have enough pace to catch the championship leaders.
Lewis Hamilton is set to become Britain's highest paid sportsman after reports he is close to inking a $20 million personal sponsorship deal with Reebok.
Czech motor sport chief Radovan Novak has apologized for suggesting McLaren boss Ron Dennis was linked to the newspaper exposé of FIA president Max Mosley's sex life.
McLaren boss Ron Dennis has categorically denied any involvement in the newspaper exposé that threatens Max Mosley's future as the head of Formula One's governing body.
Ferrari's second consecutive one-two finish of the season has put clear distance between them and Formula One's chasing pack, leaving McLaren's Lewis Hamilton looking for more from his car.
McLaren have said that Ron Dennis will make up his own mind whether to continue as McLaren team principal this season or hand over to designated heir Martin Whitmarsh.
Spain's Fernando Alonso has torn up his contract at McLaren and quit the Formula One team after a stormy year which has seen him deposed as world champion.
Kimi Raikkonen claimed his first world title by one point after previous overall leader Lewis Hamilton suffered a nightmare end to his rookie season at the Brazilian Grand Prix on Sunday.
World championship leader Lewis Hamilton has qualified in second position for Sunday's season finale at the Brazilian Grand Prix, while nearest rival Fernando Alonso was fourth.
Lewis Hamilton posted the fastest time of the day in practice for Sunday's Brazilian Grand Prix -- but his McLaren team were fined $15,000 by race stewards after using two sets of wet-weather tyres, which is in breach of F1 regulations that state only one is permitted.
Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa gave Ferrari a major boost by recording the best times in the opening practice for the Turkish Grand Prix in Istanbul.
World championship leader Lewis Hamilton and title holder and McLaren team-mate Fernando Alonso are planning a holiday meeting in the build-up to the Turkish Grand Prix on August 26.
McLaren's Lewis Hamilton led the Hungarian Grand Prix from start to finish on Sunday to stretch his championship lead over unhappy team-mate Fernando Alonso to seven points.
Kimi Raikkonen claimed pole position and Lewis Hamilton was involved in a high-speed crash in a dramatic qualifying competition for the European Grand Prix at the Nurburgring.
At 3:30 p.m. last Friday, in the paddock at the Canadian Grand Prix, a Vodafone McLaren Mercedes press attach� set up a standard interview backdrop of three panels festooned with logos. Within minutes two dozen TV cameramen had assembled in front of it. Never mind that the man they hoped to film, Lewis Hamilton, wasn't due for another hour. They stood vigil because, at this moment in the world of auto racing, there would be no greater horror than for the 22-year-old British driver to materialize with no minicam present to record the moment. The attach� reappeared 20 minutes later with assurances that a 4:30 appearance still held and mercifully authorized the assembled mad dogs and Englishmen of the press to get out of the afternoon sun. But that's how it is with Hamilton these days: People gather for the possibility. With a front-running drive to his first Grand Prix victory on Sunday in Montreal, Hamilton moved to the top of the points standings in only the sixth race of his
Spain's Fernando Alonso grabbed an astonishing last lap victory in the European Grand Prix at Nurburgring to extend his lead in the Formula One world championship.
Formula One teams and carmakers planning their own series from 2008 will decide on Thursday whether or not to return to the negotiating table with the sport's governing body.
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