Vicki Butler-Henderson: my Saturday job

Racing driver and presenter Vicki Butler-Henderson harks back to her first job as a 17-year-old motor racing instructor I was still doing my A-levels when I got a Saturday job as a motor racing instructor. I’d been racing 100cc karts since I was 12, then, at 17, I started racing cars at Brands Hatch and [...]

Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button determined to revive McLaren

• Hamilton looking forward to winter testing programme• ‘I can make this team stronger’ says Button Lewis Hamilton believes a full winter testing programme alongside Jenson Button could be crucial to McLaren’s hopes in the 2011 Formula One season. Button joined the Woking-based team at the start of this year after switching from Brawn GP [...]

Fernando Alonso has no complaints with Ferrari tactics after defeat

• Ferrari were right to cover Mark Webber, says Spaniard• Russian Vitaly Petrov ‘drove well’ admits Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso refused to criticised his Ferrari team or Renault’s Vitaly Petrov after he missed out on the world championship on Sunday. Alonso could only finish in seventh place in Abu Dhabi, allowing the race winner Sebastian [...]

In pictures – the 2010 Formula One season

A look back at how 2010′s memorable F1 season unfolded Sport: Motor sport | guardian.co.uk

Fernando Alonso has chance to be top gun in desert shoot-out

Final race of gruelling, thrilling season has four drivers in championship contention After 220 days without rain in Abu Dhabi, clouds appeared over the parched sands this week. Since a wet track is a factor almost as essential as a hint of skulduggery to enliven any grand prix, observers were tempted to detect the influence [...]

Formula One form guide: how the drivers match up in Brazil

A run-down on the five left in the battle for the championship, including their records at Interlagos and their form this season Fernando Alonso 2010 record: five wins, nine top-threes, 231 pts, two DNFs Last five races: 1st (most recent), 3rd, 1st, 1st, DNF: 90pts Brazilian GP record: Has finished on the podium five times [...]