Formula One champion Jenson Button signed with McLaren on Wednesday to partner with Lewis Hamilton, giving the English team a potent lineup for next season featuring the most recent title holders.
McLaren said Button signed a “multiyear deal” after leaving constructors champion Brawn GP in the wake of its takeover by Mercedes-Benz this week.
The 29-year-old Button, who is replacing Heikki Kovalainen, was out of …Â Details
Former world champion Kimi Raikkonen will take a sabbatical from Formula 1 next year, his manager has revealed, following the collapse of talks with McLaren about a deal for 2010.
Raikkonen said last month that, in the wake of being released from his Ferrari contract, his only option to remain in F1 was with McLaren – because he wanted to be guaranteed a top-line grand prix car …Â Details
Mercedes-Benz has announced that it has taken over the Brawn Formula 1 team and re-named it Mercedes Grand Prix after buying a 75.1 percent stake in the squad.
The German car giant will retain its role as McLaren’s engine supplier until at least 2015, but will sell its 40 percent stake in the squad back to the team over the next two years…Â Details
Jenson Button’s Brawn team is being taken over by Mercedes as the car giant quits McLaren today in the biggest team deal in Grand Prix history.
But the blockbuster £500million deal could see the new world champion left out in the cold.
Mercedes will hand back its 40 per cent share in Wokingbased F1 giants McLaren, clearing the way to take a controlling interest in Brawn’s world champions …Â Details