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Button takes pay cut to join McLaren

Sports | Motor racing
2009-11-20

FORMULA One champion Jenson Button admits he took a pay cut to join last year's winner Lewis Hamilton at McLaren, but adds he left Brawn for a new challenge. A day after the move was revealed, Button said yesterday...

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Button quits Brawn for McLaren

Sports | Motor racing
2009-11-19

FORMULA One champion Jenson Button signed for McLaren yesterday to partner Lewis Hamilton, giving the English team a potent lineup for next season featuring the two most recent title holders. McLaren said Button...

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Raikkonen to swap F1 for rallying

Sports | Motor racing
2009-11-19

KIMI Raikkonen will focus on rallying next year after failing to reach a deal with McLaren, the 2007 Formula One world champion's manager said yesterday. "They couldn't afford him," David Robertson, who manages...

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Report: Raikkonen out of F1 next season

Sports | Motor racing
2009-11-18

KIMI Raikkonen will sit out of Formula One next season after failing to secure a move back to McLaren, Finnish media reported today. "The options in F1 were with McLaren next season or nothing," the Turun Sanomat...

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Button tipped to drive for McLaren

Sports | Motor racing
2009-11-18

FORMULA One world champion Jenson Button has agreed terms on a three-year deal with McLaren and could sign a contract within days, Britain's Guardian newspaper reported yesterday. There was no immediate comment...

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Mercedes' Brawn buy-out makes it major F1 player

Sports | Motor racing
2009-11-17

WHILE other car manufacturers fall by the wayside, Mercedes is taking a bold move to establish itself as a major player in Formula One. By buying out 2009 champion Brawn GP yesterday, the German automaker bucked...

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Report: F1 champ Button set for McLaren

Sports | Motor racing
2009-11-17

FORMULA One world champion Jenson Button looked set to leave the Brawn GP team, bought by Mercedes-Benz yesterday, to join Lewis Hamilton at McLaren. The Guardian newspaper reported that Button will sign a three-year...

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Mercedes takes over Brawn GP

Sports | Motor racing
2009-11-17

FORMULA One champion Brawn GP will compete next season as the official Mercedes factory team after the German carmaker announced a takeover yesterday. Daimler chairman Dieter Zetsche said that Ross Brawn would...

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Alonso makes first public Ferrari appearance

Sports | Motor racing
2009-11-16

TWICE Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso made his first public appearance with his new Ferrari team at an event in Valencia, Spain yesterday. The 28-year-old, who begins a three-year deal with the Italian...

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Heidfeld talks

Sports | Motor racing
2009-11-16

MCLAREN-MERCEDES has been in talks with German driver Nick Heidfeld about a place on the Formula One team. Mercedes motor sports chief Norbert Haug says Heidfeld is an experienced and capable driver but that no decision...

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Briatore says secret talks led to his ban

Sports | Motor racing
2009-11-14

FORMER Renault team boss Flavio Briatore accused Formula One's governing body yesterday of secret negotiations before a "sham hearing" at which he was banned for life from the sport. The Italian was barred in...

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Cash woes holding up de la Rosa

Sports | Motor racing
2009-11-12

LACK of money looks likely to thwart Spaniard Pedro de la Rosa's hopes of returning to grand prix racing next year, according to new Formula One team boss and compatriot Adrian Campos. Campos has already signed...

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Brawn expects Japanese teams to be back in F1

Sports | Motor racing
2009-11-11

FORMULA One can expect Japan's departed carmakers and companies to return eventually but it could be a long wait, according to championship-winning team boss Ross Brawn. Brawn's former Honda team pulled out last...

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FIA seeks clarification from Toyota over pullout

Sports | Motor racing
2009-11-6

FORMULA One's governing body has sought clarification from Toyota about its departure from the sport. The International Automobile Federation (FIA) said in a statement that Toyota's decision on Wednesday to quit...

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Toyota joins Japanese exodus from F1

Sports | Motor racing
2009-11-5

TOYOTA has withdrawn from Formula One, leaving Japan without a team in motorsport's premier series. Company president Akio Toyoda yesterday apologized for the team's failure to record a single race victory since...