Lewis Hamilton was left feeling numb after failing to finish his final race for McLaren on Sunday despite starting on pole position and leading the race.
Formula One leader Max Verstappen celebrated a record-equalling ninth successive victory on Sunday after beating the rain to win a chaotic and red-flagged Dutch Grand Prix for the third year in a row.
Lewis Hamilton has mended fences with McLaren a day after castigating his Formula One team for denying him a podium with their 'fricking terrible' pitstop strategy at the Australian Grand Prix.
Renault have accused rivals McLaren of opening up a Formula One arms race with their controversial rear wing even though it has been ruled legal by the sport's governing body. The McLaren car passed inspections on Thursday at the Sakhir circuit and the team said they consulted the governing International Automobile Federation (FIA) throughout the design process.
McLaren have recognised that they do not know just how good Mexican signing Sergio Perez really is.
Renault's world champion Fernando Alonso will race for McLaren in the 2007 season
Formula One leaders McLaren have accused rivals Ferrari of running an illegal car at the start of the season and making 'grossly misleading' statements in a spy controversy overshadowing the championship.
McLaren Mercedes launched its new car for the 2010 season on Friday. The MP4-25 will be driven by Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button, the reigning world champion having joined the British squad from Brawn GP, with which he won the title last year.
Dominant Formula One leader Max Verstappen ran away with the Hungarian Grand Prix by a mighty margin on Sunday as Red Bull made history with a record 12th victory in a row.
The Briton, the most experienced driver on the starting grid and 35 years old next January, will partner Spaniard Fernando Alonso in a lineup of champions.
The Colombian will race for McLaren in 2005 after completing his contract with Williams.
McLaren unveiled their new Formula One car on Sunday, certain it cannot be any worse than last year's but still unsure when they might get back to winning ways after their longest drought in decades. The former champions have not won a race since 2012 and finished last season, the first of a new partnership with Honda, ninth of the 10 teams with just 27 points compared to 703 for dominant Mercedes. The three years without a win is the team's longest barren stretch since their absence from the top step of the podium in 1994-96. "As we embark on the second year of our renewed McLaren-Honda partnership, all of us remain united in our purpose. That purpose is to develop our team towards our shared ambition: to win," said McLaren boss Ron Dennis. "We'll make no predictions as to when those wins will come," he added. The new MP4-31 car was presented online in a predominantly black livery with some prominent new sponsors in LVMH's sparkling wine brand Chandon and watchmaker Richard Mille replacing the departed Tag Heuer.
British teenager Oliver Rowland will have a Formula One test with McLaren after collecting a coveted Autosport award previously won by the likes of Jenson Button and David Coulthard.
Ferrari agreed on Friday to end legal action against McLaren over last year's spy scandal for the good of Formula One.
McLaren accused Michael Schumacher of using tough tactics to prevent Lewis Hamilton getting past for much of Sunday's Italian Grand Prix.
A widely-circulated anonymous email put fresh focus on recent allegations of misconduct toward a female colleague.
FIA said its World Motor Sport Council had agreed to cancel a Paris hearing scheduled for February 14 to assess McLaren's 2008 car.
Ferrari's Charles Leclerc qualified fourth with Mexican Sergio Perez, Verstappen's closest title rival and team mate but a massive 151 points adrift after 15 of 22 rounds, fifth and 0.773 off his team mate's pace.
Formula One leader Max Verstappen won the British Grand Prix on Sunday as Red Bull stayed unbeaten in 2023 and equalled McLaren's 1988 record run of 11 victories in a row.
McLaren boss Ron Dennis called time on 43 years in Formula One on Thursday when he handed complete control of the company's racing affairs to team principal Martin Whitmarsh. McLaren said in a statement that Dennis would become executive chairman of McLaren Automotive, effectively walking away from the world of grands prix to lead the British-based company's new sports car business.
McLaren have formally lodged an appeal against the decision not to penalise three drivers in the Brazilian Grand Prix because of fuel irregularities.
Ron Dennis's revelation will only fuel speculation that the world champion will move on at the end of the season, with a return to Renault the most likely.
Former Toyota driver Ralf Schumacher dropped heavy hints on Sunday that he would leap at the chance to fill the McLaren seat vacated by Fernando Alonso.
McLaren played down reports of a "raid" on their factory by inspectors checking for signs of leaked Ferrari data in the design of their 2008 car.
Max Verstappen took the 50th win of his Formula One career, and record-equalling 15th of the season
McLaren are in no rush to sign a successor to departed double world champion Fernando Alonso.
McLaren may be willing to take a $100 million hit in the interests of Formula One, team boss Ron Dennis said.
Charles Leclerc put Ferrari on pole position for Sunday's US Grand Prix after Red Bull's triple Formula One world champion Max Verstappen had a faster lap deleted for exceeding track limits and dropped to sixth on the grid.
The Spaniard took pole position alongside team mate Lewis Hamilton in an all-McLaren front row for the Italian Grand Prix.
Fernando Alonso is no longer on speaking terms with British rookie Lewis Hamilton after the Hungarian GP.
The McLaren Formula One team have argued successfully in Britain that a record 32 million pound fine they paid after a 2007 spying controversy should be tax deductible.
History suggests that when drivers are fighting for race wins and championships, and enjoy equal status in the same competitive cars, then real friendship is often the first casualty.
The final version of a report which has already revealed a system of state-sponsored doping in Russia is still several months away, its author Richard McLaren said on Friday.
Lewis Hamilton has made the right move in leaving McLaren if he wants to win more Formula One titles, former teammate Fernando Alonso said on Thursday.
Triple Formula One world champion Jackie Stewart advised Lewis Hamilton on Saturday to stay at McLaren and 'the devil you know' rather than risk a move to Mercedes for next season.
Button said he was confident the team would overcome its "current difficulties" to achieve great successes in the future.
McLaren were fined $10,000 and issued with a reprimand on Saturday after Lewis Hamilton stopped on the track immediately after taking pole position for the Canadian Grand Prix.
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