Defending F1 world champion Jenson Button may be 42 points behind Alonso in this year’s title race, but he has no intention of giving up while even the slimmest chance of glory survives.
Defending F1 world champion Jenson Button may be 42 points behind Alonso in this year’s title race, but he has no intention of giving up while even the slimmest chance of glory survives.
Many an eyebrow was raised this week when Red Bull team chief Christian Horner declared that he was not yet ready to issue any team orders in the scrap for the Formula One drivers’ championship.
LONDON - Red Bull and the ever-cheeky Sebastian Vettel presented Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone with a walking frame, equipped with steering wheel and front wing, as an 80th birthday gift last weekend.
Red Bull and Sebastian Vettel presented Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone with a walking frame, equipped with steering wheel and front wing, as an 80th birthday gift last weekend.
The Williams Formula One team fuelled speculation that Maldonado could drive for them next season by announcing on Monday they would give him a test in Abu Dhabi next month.
Fernando Alonso could take his third Formula One title in Brazil next week but neither Ferrari nor his rivals expect that to happen after a weekend win in South Korea that owed more to luck than strategy.
YEONGAM - Formula One champion Jenson Button recognised on Sunday that his title dream was all but over.
Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso won a rain-hit and chaotic Korean Grand Prix to seize back the Formula One world championship lead on a nightmare on Sunday for his Red Bull rivals.
The first South Korean Formula One Grand Prix was halted and then re-started 48 minutes later on Sunday after rain and spray left drivers struggling to see where they were going.
Mercedes Formula One team principal Ross Brawn has already started planning for his eventual replacement, even if he intends to be around for years to come.