Button Top of the Pile After Day One in Suzuka
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Jenson Button showed that he was determined to do his bit to keep the F1 title race alive by topping the timesheets in both Friday practice sessions today in Japan.
McLaren have today announced that Jenson Button has signed a multi-year contract to remain with the team.
Read our preview of this weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix. Barring a small miracle, Sebastian Vettel should win the title on Sunday, but there is still plenty else at stake for the rest of the field.
Hour Twenty-One of the Britcar 24 at Silverstone began with a bang as the race leading No.3 Mosler crashed out of the event.
Team Lotus chief technical officer Mike Gascoyne is hopeful that the team can build on the advances made in Singapore, where Heikki Kovalainen out-raced Renault…
Mercedes team principal Ross Brawn thinks that his team will be better equipped to compete at the Japanese Grand Prix next weekend than they were last weekend in Singapore.
There was a dramatic development in Hour Eighteen of the Britcar 24 as the No.2 Ferrari of the Eclipse Motorsport Team, who had been leading the race since Hour Six, surrendered its lead after a puncture.
Hour 16 of the Britcar 24 at Silverstone saw more drivers drop out of top positions as the long race continued to…
Sebastian Vettel is clearly looking forward to the Japanese Grand Prix next weekend. Not only is he very likely to wrap up his second championship on Sunday, but he is also going to a track where he has taken both pole and the race win in both of the last two seasons.
Hour Thirteen at the Britcar 24 race effectively reduced the Class Two field from two to one after the No. 5 Porsche of ARC Bratislava spend most of the hour in the garage.
Hour eleven at the Britcar 24 hour race, which took place between 02:30 and 03:30, provided us with action in the form of another safety car appearance and a new leader in Class 3.
Hour nine saw a few driver swaps but otherwise there was little incident as the race leader brought the lap tally to…
Hour seven saw the Aquila challenge falter at the Britcar 24 hours as a broken driveshaft confined the team to the garage….
The No. 2 Eclipse Ferrari was again leading at the end of hour four, just as it was at the end of hour three. However, this disguises the beginning of an exciting battle for the lead of Class One during this stage.
The update from the second hour of the 2011 Britcar 24 Hours.
Sauber driver Kamui Kobayashi returns to Japan next weekend hoping to get his season back on track after a recent run of poor results.
Daniel Ricciardo is preparing to driver the famous Suzuka circuit for the first time this weekend as Formula 1 heads to the Japanese Grand Prix, Round 15 of the 2011 season.
