Jenson Button says that the demands of the Interlagos Circuit - the venue for this weekend's Brazilian Grand Prix - make the track tricky to master as he approaches the penultimate round of the season. Button claimed his world title at the track in 2009 and took his most recent Formula 1 win at Interlagos back in 2012. "It’s a tricky circuit to get right but that makes it all the more exciting," said Button, who remains out of contract for 2015. "There’s more opportunities […]

Kevin Magnussen believes he extracted the maximum from the McLaren MP4-29 after finishing in eighth place in the United States Grand Prix. Magnussen, racing at the Circuit of the Americas for the first time, stopped on the opening lap and made just one more pit stop for fresh tyres and preserved his rubber to collect four points. "Eighth position isn’t a fantastic result, but I honestly don’t think we could have got much more out of the car this afternoon," he said. "It’s a shame […]

Jenson Button says he will have to exploit his strategy if he is to make progress during the United States Grand Prix on Sunday. Button qualified in seventh position but will drop to 12th due to an unscheduled gearbox change. "It was so close between Kevin [Magnussen] and myself on every run this afternoon," he said. "My fastest lap wasn’t amazing – it’s quite difficult to string a lap together around here, because you struggle with the inconsistencies caused by moderate grip, high winds and […]

McLaren racing director Eric Boullier says that the squad is still evaluating its driver options for the 2015 season and beyond. McLaren's line-up for 2015 remains uncertain, with current drivers Jenson Button and Kevin Magnussen in contention for the seats, while Fernando Alonso continues to be linked to the team. Boullier says that McLaren hasn't ruled out signing 'two big names' for the upcoming campaign. "I always said that we are working on the strategy for the coming years - plural - which means we […]

Kevin Magnussen says his Russian Grand Prix was akin to a 'chilled out Sunday drive' after he claimed his best finish since Australia. Magnussen made a strong start from 11th on the grid and finished in fifth place at the Sochi Autodrom. "I decided to go flat-out from the start, in an effort to make up as many positions as possible from my P11 grid slot, and it worked; I had a great lap one, and then moved up to P5 very quickly," he said. […]

Kevin Magnussen says he is hoping to recover places in the Russian Grand Prix after being beset by misfortune on Saturday at the Sochi Autodrom. Magnussen was a front runner in Friday practice but his car snapped sideways in the third session with an apparent technical problem and the Dane was forced to abandon his car trackside. While he recovered to qualify in sixth place, Magnussen will drop to 11th place as a result of a five place penalty for a gearbox change. "Today hasn’t […]

Honda's head of motorsport Yasuhisa Arai has insisted that no decision has been made with regards to McLaren's driver line-up for the 2015 campaign. Honda will return to Formula 1 in 2015 as McLaren's engine supplier and the team has yet to confirm its driver pairing for next season. Jenson Button and Kevin Magnussen currently race for the team, but persistent rumours suggest that Honda wants to make a marquee signing ahead of its Formula 1 return. But Arai insists that Honda, which revealed an […]

McLaren driver Jenson Button copped the blame for being knocked out of qualifying during the second segment, although reckons his mistake did not cost him too many positions. Button locked up on his flying lap in Q2 and ended the session in 11th position, but with team-mate Kevin Magnussen ending in ninth place, the Brit did not feel much more progress was possible. "Not making the cut into Q3 is disappointing, especially considering the strong progress we’d made during Q1," he said. "On my final, […]

Kevin Magnussen says that everything came together for him in qualifying as he set the fifth fastest lap during the final shootout session at Monza. Magnussen clawed his way into Q3 with a last minute lap in the previous session, but the Dane improved in the final segment to post the fifth best time for McLaren. "I’m happy – but it only really came together for me in qualifying," he said. "Fifth and sixth is pretty solid for the team. In fact, I didn’t think […]

Kevin Magnussen says he hopes to prove that McLaren is making progress by collecting a good result at this weekend's Italian Grand Prix. Magnussen has shown strongly in recent races but several issues have cost him a handful of points. A first corner collision with Felipe Massa in Germany left him down in ninth, while his strong pace during practice and qualifying in Hungary was nullified when he crashed in Q3. Magnussen finished in sixth place in Belgium but was demoted to 12th after stewards […]

McLaren racing director Eric Boullier says that the Woking-based team is planning a long-term driver line-up, and admits that he understands why Jenson Button and Kevin Magnussen may feel uncomfortable about the current uncertainty. McLaren is currently in fifth place in the Constructors' championship but next season will see the return of Honda as an engine supplier, a move which is likely to influence the team's driver pairing. Button has been with the team since 2010 while rookie Magnussen claimed a podium on his debut […]

Kevin Magnussen has been handed a 20 second penalty after he forced Fernando Alonso off the track during the closing stages of the Belgian Grand Prix. Magnussen and Alonso were embroiled in a furious scrap for fifth place at the end of the race, with Magnussen edging Alonso onto the grass along the Kemmel Straight. 'The driver of car 20 [Magnussen] was defending his position on the straight between turn 4 and 5, a significant portion of car 14 [Alonso] was alongside car 20,' read […]