Lewis Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton says he is not expecting any problems with the Spanish fans this weekend following the racist abuse he was subject to earlier this year.
“No,” Hamilton told reporters when asked if he feared more problems.
The FIA launched an anti-racism campaign on Thursday at the Spanish Grand Prix circuit where Hamilton was abused in February.
Hamilton, […]

Lewis Hamilton says he has no plans to change his approach at this weekend`s Spanish Grand Prix in order to fight back following a disappointing race in Bahrain.
The Briton had a race to forget in Sakhir, losing the championship lead after failing to score in a race where he said he had let his McLaren […]

Q. How do you rate the season so far?
Lewis Hamilton: It has been a bit up and down but this is nothing you don`t normally see in a season, it is to be expected. Everyone is pushing very hard, and Ferrari and BMW are quick like us. It looks like it is going to be […]

McLaren F1 CEO Martin Whitmarsh has defended Lewis Hamilton following the British driver`s performances at the start of the season.
Hamilton, who enjoyed a sensational debut season last year with four wins and a run of nine consecutive podiums, dropped down to third in the standings after a disappointing showing in the Bahrain Grand Prix, where […]

Former world champion and countryman Damon Hill has backed Lewis Hamilton to bounce back from his current performance dip.Despite winning the Australian Grand Prix last month, Hamilton was the worst performer of the top five F1 drivers over the past five races.In the last five races, including the final two events of 2007, Hamilton scored […]

Heikki Kovalainen insists beating his highly rated McLaren team-mate is not his priority.“If we are third and fourth and I`m ahead of him, then to be honest I`m thinking about the two guys in front of me,” the Finn, referring to 2007 championship runner-up Lewis Hamilton, told the Daily Star.Kovalainen has had a solid start […]

p class=”first”>Lewis Hamilton has put the racist abuse he suffered earlier this year behind him in his return to Barcelona for the Sunday`s Spanish Grand Prix.
Hamilton was taunted by fans at the Barcelona track in February, prompting Formula One chiefs to launch its Racing Against Racism campaign.
But the McLaren driver is now looking forward to […]

Former McLaren employee Jo Ramirez has admitted that, if he still held his post as team co-ordinator, he would be worried about Lewis Hamilton`s recent form.Despite winning at Melbourne, Hamilton - last year`s championship runner-up as a rookie - was outpaced by his teammate Heikki Kovalainen at Sepang, before his error-strewn run to 13th place […]

Ahead of this weekend`s Spanish Grand Prix, Fernando Alonso has said that, despite what others might think, he has no problem with former teammate Lewis Hamilton.
If F1 can forget about the Mosley saga for just a couple of days (difficult), all eyes will be on Barcelona in case there is a repeat of the sort […]

Lewis Hamilton says he has learned from his errors in the last race in Bahrain, and admits he is very confident ahead of the start of the European season.
The McLaren driver endured a torrid Bahrain Grand Prix, losing the lead of the championship after failing to score, and said after the race that he felt […]

It is the curse of his unprecedented 2007 debut. Many drivers are lucky to win one Grand Prix in a lifetime. Now, if Lewis Hamilton doesn’t make the top three at every race, the media portray it as a disaster.
However, speaking exclusively to Formula1.com, the McLaren star says he`s unfazed by the raised expectations, insisting […]

McLaren Mercedes had little to say following the third day of testing in Barcelona. Lewis Hamilton was back track again for team again today, putting in 102 laps in the MP4-23 and recording the seventh fastest time of the ten runners present. The Brit recorded a best time of 1:20.591s, just over two seconds […]

The second day of testing for McLaren Mercedes saw Lewis Hamilton take over testing duties from Pedro de la Rosa. Hamilton, who lost the championship lead to rival Kimi Raikkonen last time out in Bahrain, put in 97 laps of the 4.655km circuit, with a best time of 1:20.452s. With nine runners on track […]

World champion and 2008 championship leader Kimi Raikkonen has defended Lewis Hamilton`s poor showing at the recent Bahrain Grand Prix.Hamilton, who in the Gulf dropped behind the Finn and BMW Sauber`s Nick Heidfeld in the drivers` standings, came in for extensive criticism following his error-strewn run to 13th place.“Lewis did not make many mistakes last […]

Jacques Villeneuve, the 1997 world champion, has made it clear that he is not among McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton`s legions of fans. Speaking in Dubai, where he is again racing in the Speedcar stock car series, the French-Canadian singled out his current Formula One favourites as Felipe Massa - his 2005 team-mate at Sauber - […]

BMW motorsport director Mario Theissen has played down suggestions that he blocked the possibility of Williams signing Lewis Hamilton at the end of 2004.
Williams co-owner Patrick Head revealed earlier this year that his team had the opportunity to sign Hamilton when he was racing in the F3 Euro Series, but the matter was dropped when […]

Nico Rosberg has stepped up the pressure on friend and F1 rival Lewis Hamilton to join the drivers` safety-oriented union, the Grand Prix Drivers` Association.McLaren racer Hamilton, as well as world champion Kimi Raikkonen, Adrian Sutil and Anthony Davidson, are the only active Formula One drivers who have resisted calls to join the GPDA.Following widespread […]

Lewis Hamilton-mania appears to have taken a back seat to commercial reality, with reports that the former championship leader`s official biography is now in book stores` bargain bins.It emerged last year that, not six months into his Formula One career, the publishing house HarperCollins had paid at least $2m upfront for the rights to the […]

McLaren boss Ron Dennis thinks Lewis Hamilton will waste little time dwelling on his nightmare Bahrain Grand Prix.
Hamilton lost the lead of the world championship in Sakhir after nearly stalling at the start and then colliding twice with Fernando Alonso.
And although the British driver`s disappointment was evident by the way he left the track almost […]

Lewis Hamilton`s front wing was broken early in the first lap of the Bahrain Grand Prix, photographs of his car prove, as mystery surrounds suggestions that his second-lap collision with Fernando Alonso was down to an unexpected mechanical failure.
McLaren told autosport.com today that they stand by their explanation that the upper front wing of Hamilton`s […]

McLaren have confirmed that Lewis Hamilton’s front wing broke immediately prior to his running into the rear of Fernando Alonso’s Renault on lap two of Sunday’s Bahrain Grand Prix.
The unusual nature of the accident - both drivers were accelerating on a straight section of track - prompted cynics to question whether Alonso had ‘brake tested’ […]

Lewis Hamilton will come back stronger at the Spanish Grand Prix following his disappointing performance in Bahrain last weekend.
That is the view of McLaren F1 CEO Martin Whitmarsh, who reckons Hamilton will quickly put the dismal race behind him.
The Briton had a weekend to forget in Sakhir, first crashing heavily in practice and then losing […]

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Lewis Hamilton said he had failed his McLaren team after finishing 13th in the Bahrain Grand Prix and losing the lead of the world championship.

Hamilton made a mistake at the start, dropped to the back after a collision with former team-mate Fernando Alonso and was unable to make up lost ground.

“I am really disappointed […]

Fernando Alonso on Sunday refused to accept the blame for a collision with his former McLaren team-mate Lewis Hamilton.The incident, which had some British TV pundits wondering whether the Spaniard had deliberately slowed down or even `brake tested` Hamilton, resulted in the former championship leader having to pit for a new nose following a dire […]

Lewis Hamilton apologised to his McLaren team for letting them down after what the Briton said it was a disastrous Bahrain Grand Prix.
Hamilton, starting from fourth place, went on to finish in 13th position after a dismal opening lap.
The McLaren driver lost several places at the start after his anti-stall system kicked in following a […]