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McLaren still three-to-five tenths off Red Bull, reckons Prew
McLaren-Mercedes principal race engineer Phil Prew concedes that the Woking-based outfit still has ground to make up to take the fight to Red Bull Racing on pure pace in F1 2011 - but it is closing in...
McLaren reveals 'distinctive' MP4-26 in chilly Berlin
McLaren took its 2011 F1 launch to the people, with an open-air construction of the new MP4-26 in a cold and damp Berlin.
Hamilton admits he can learn from Button
As he bids to regain his hard-fought 2008 drivers' world championship crown in F1 2010, Lewis Hamilton has conceded that he 'can learn' a few things from title-winning successor and new McLaren-Mercedes team-mate Jenson Button
McLaren coy on car's competitiveness, envious of Ferrari
McLaren Racing managing director Jonathan Neale offers his thoughts on the team's competitiveness heading into the F1 2010 curtain-raising Bahrain Grand Prix at Sakhir - and explains why everybody is 'quite relaxed' about the rear wing issue...
Yas Marina - Race results (1)
Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes secure a 1-2 finish for Team Vodafone in the opening race of the new V8 Supercar season
TeamVodafone unveil 2010 challengers
Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes unveil TeamVodafone's Holden Commodores for the 2010 V8 Supercars Championship Series.
Whitmarsh admits fear of 2007 F1 repeat for McLaren
McLaren-Mercedes team principal Martin Whitmarsh acknowledges the need to carefully manage the battle between Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button in F1 2010 - in order to avoid gifting the title away to a rival as happened three years ago...
World champions unveil new McLaren.
Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton have taken the wraps off the car they hope will return them - and McLaren - to the top of the world.
McLaren retains F1 engine deal despite Mercedes exit
McLaren confirms that it is to buy back the 40 per cent stake currently owned by Mercedes-Benz as the German manufacturer switches camps to Brawn GP - but the engine supply deal will continue
Neale: 26-car F1 2010 grid could make starts interesting...
McLaren Racing managing director Jonathan Neale offers his views on F1 2010-style, when new teams are set to swell the grid and a new grand prix joins the calendar to-boot...
Briatore destroyed me too, claims Bourdais
Nelsinho Piquet is not the only F1 driver whose career has been 'destroyed' by disgraced former Renault F1 managing director Flavio Briatore, S?bastien Bourdais has revealed - as the Frenchman admitted the famously irascible Italian was 'a big problem' for him throughout his time in the top fligh
McLaren not willing to 'kid themselves' about Spa chances
Jonathan Neale has insisted that McLaren-Mercedes is under no false illusions at Spa-Francorchamps ahead of the Belgian Grand Prix this weekend, well aware that the race is likely to signal the end of the squad's current purple patch of form.
Townsville - Race results (1)
Jamie Whincup wins the opening race at Townsville for 888/Vodafone Ford.
Winton race winner passes post-race checks
TeamVodafone's Winton race-winning car #888, which was required to undergo an intensive, six-hour full scrutineering inspection by V8 Supercars Australia personnel, has been officially released after passing every aspect of the process.
Hamilton 400 - Race result (2).
1. Jamie Whincup 888/Vodafone Ford 59 laps 1hr 27m 34.7215s 2. James Courtney DJR/Jim Beam Ford 59 laps 3. Steven Johnson DJR/Jim Beam Ford 59 laps 4. Lee Holdsworth GRM/Repco Valvoline Holden 59 laps
Whincup victory banishes Hamilton demons.
Reigning V8 Supercar champion Jamie Whincup added victory in the opening leg of the Hamilton 400 to the three relatively easy wins in the first three races of the 2009 series, ridding himself of the memories of the heavy accident that ruled him out of last year's event in New Zealand
McLaren survives Vodafone sponsorship pull.
Vodafone has revealed that it has withdrawn its long-standing, $6.1m-per-year sponsorship of the England cricket team in response to the current worldwide economic slump - but insists that its support of McLaren-Mercedes' Formula 1 outfit remains secure.
Whincup wins to take title.
Team Vodafone driver Jamie Whincup clinched the 2008 V8 Supercar Championship in style by winning the first race of the weekend at Oran Park.
Oran Park - Race results (1).
1. Jamie Whincup 888/Vodafone Ford 46 laps 2. Craig Lowndes 888/Vodafone Ford 46 laps 3. Russell Ingall Morris/Supercheap Holden 46 laps 4. Steven Richards FPR/Castrol Ford 46 laps
Whincup wraps up championship crown.
Jamie Whincup has secured the 2008 V8 Supercar Championship title after storming to victory in the opening race of the season finale at Oran Park.
Champion elect paces Oran Park practice.
Jamie Whincup made the perfect start to his quest to secure the 2008 V8 Supercar Championship title by setting the pace during the opening practice sessions of the weekend at Oran Park.
Symmons Plains - Race results (2).
1. Jamie Whincup 888/Vodafone Ford 50 laps 46mins 05.2365secs 2. Craig Lowndes 888/Vodafone Ford 50 laps 3. Todd Kelly Perkins/Jack Daniel's Holden 50 laps 4. Mark Winterbottom FPR/Ford Credit Ford 50 laps
Whincup's to lose after race one win.
An all-action opening race in the Gulf Air Desert 400 has turned the V8 Supercar Championship title battle into one to lose for Team Vodafone's Jamie Whincup after he secured the opening win of the weekend in Bahrain.
No let-up from Whincup, as Lowndes hits 50.
TeamVodafone will have plenty to celebrate when it hits the streets of Surfers Paradise for this weekend's Nikon Indy 300, but V8 Supercar points leader Jamie Whincup insists that he will not lose his focus at one of the toughest events of the year.