Category: Lewis Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton has revealed that he will no longer be managed by his father.

Although Anthony Hamilton has overseen his son’s rise in Formula One since his childhood, the 2008 world champion told Autosport that both had decided to change the nature of their relationship.  Read more... (451 words, estimated 1:48 mins reading time)

Lewis Hamilton made full use of a heavily revised MP4-25 to top the timesheets during the final day of pre-season testing.

Sunday’s session was the first time that Hamilton could get to grips with McLaren’s new aerodynamic package. However, the Brit took no time to adapt to the revised challenger and set a blistering 1m20.472 during a qualifying simulation.  Read more... (547 words, estimated 2:11 mins reading time)

McLaren chairman Ron Dennis has downplayed the similarities between his current line-up of Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button and the famous rivalry between Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost.  Read more... (377 words, estimated 1:30 mins reading time)

Eddie Jordan has said that Lewis Hamilton will be spurred on to the 2010 world championship by the presence of Michael Schumacher. The BBC pundit, speaking to the Daily Telegraph, was sure that Hamilton’s motivation and performance level would be increased by the sight of the seven-time champion lining up on the grid beside him.  Read more... (260 words, estimated 1:02 mins reading time)

Jenson Button today made very clear that he had nothing left to prove as a racing driver.

Speaking at the launch of his 2010 car, Button was asked if he had anything to prove, and he answered in the negative.  Read more... (235 words, estimated 56 secs reading time)

Lewis Hamilton today confirmed that racing against Michael Schumacher would see the realisation of one of his aspirations to race the best in the world.

The Englishman, speaking at the McLaren launch directly to forumula1.net, said that although he would have loved to race against Ayrton Senna it would nevertheless be very special to go wheel-to-wheel with Schumacher.  Read more... (261 words, estimated 1:03 mins reading time)

Heikki Kovalainen has today tipped Lewis Hamilton or Fernando Alonso for the 2010 driver’s title. The Finn, who was recently confirmed at the Malaysian-owned Lotus squad, reckons the two stand the best chance in the field, driving a McLaren and a Ferrari respectively.

“My guess is that it is between Lewis and Alonso,” the new Lotus driver told AUTOSPORT.  Read more... (436 words, estimated 1:45 mins reading time)

Former F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton has split from his girlfriend, popstar Pussy Cat Doll Nicole Scherzinger.

A statement from the pair reads, “Nicole Scherzinger and Lewis Hamilton can confirm that they have decided to go their separate ways.

“The two of them have decided to focus fully on their careers and will remain close friends.”  Read more... (78 words, estimated 19 secs reading time)

Lewis Hamilton says that he is relishing the chance to race Michael Schumacher, after the German announced that he will be returning to Formula One next season.

Schumacher, who will reunite with Ross Brawn at Mercedes, had retired in 2006 – a season before the McLaren driver made his debut into the sport.  Read more... (227 words, estimated 54 secs reading time)

Today world champion Jenson Button joined McLaren in a “multi-year” deal. He walks away from Brawn, shortly to be renamed Mercedes GP, to drive alongside compatriot Lewis Hamilton in a team which is divorcing the very same German carmaker. Common consensus is that the week’s events will turn out bad for both McLaren and Button. But what will effectively losing Merc and gaining Button mean for Woking?  Read more... (636 words, estimated 2:33 mins reading time)