McLaren sporting director Sam Michael believes that Pirelli's scheduled test of 2013 tyres at the Brazilian Grand Prix will be 'critical' for teams in their... read more »

McLaren will not give up on the chance of winning this year's F1 constructors' championship, and has nothing to lose by continuing to develop its car through to the... read more »

McLaren is expecting new signing Sergio Perez to 'perform to the top level' and be able to win races from the start of their relationship, according to Sam Michael. read more »

McLaren sporting director Sam Michael expects new recruit Sergio Perez to perform to the "top level", despite his inexperience. read more »

McLaren sporting director Sam Michael sees now reason why the Woking squad can't beat Red Bull during the latter stages of the season... read more »

McLaren will push until the very end of the 2012 season, despite their chances of winning the Drivers' and/or Constructors' titles almost non-existent. A resurgent... read more »

Sam Michael has denied claims that McLaren were aware of Lewis Hamilton's gearbox issue ahead of Sunday's Singapore GP... read more »

Sam Michael believes Formula One will have to wait until the season finale in Brazil to crown this year's World Champion... read more »

Mercedes will start ninth and tenth for the Singapore Grand Prix. In Q3, Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg each completed just a single tour. For Marina Bay, the... read more »

Mercedes will take its upgraded exhaust package to the Singapore Grand Prix after successfully testing the development during the young driver test. The outfit has lagged... read more »

We have been hard at work since the last race, with Sam Bird and Brendon Hartley testing developments over three days at the Young Driver Test in order to further improve our... read more »

Jules Bianchi finished the Magny-Cours young driver test fastest for the third day in a row, putting his Ferrari top. The Frenchman evaluated several upgrades for the Italian... read more »

Mercedes has reason to be encouraged by the progress that it has made with its revamped car at this week's Magny-Cours test, reckons Sam Bird. read more »

Jules Bianchi once again topped the test times for the young driver test at Magny-Cours on the second day. The Frenchman topped day one's times in the Ferrari, but... read more »

Jules Bianchi and Force India led the way on the second day of this week’s Formula 1 Young Driver Test in France. On this occasion, temperatures were significantly... read more »

Sam Bird says it is still too early to judge the performance of the Mercedes updates following the first day of testing at Magny-Cours. read more »

Sam Bird declares himself happy with the first day of the F1 Young Driver Test at Magny-Cours read more »

Mercedes ran a raft of upgrades as the F1 Young Driver test got underway at Magny-Cours on Tuesday. After Sam Bird completed 95 laps of the French circuit, the Brackley-based... read more »

Mercedes has continued its aggressive development push at this week's Magny-Cours Formula 1 test, with Sam Bird adding valuable mileage to the team's new double-DRS read more »

Jules Bianchi set the fastest time on the first day of the second Young Driver Test attended by Ferrari, Force India and Mercedes. Bianchi, testing with Ferrari on Tuesday... read more »

Mercedes revealed its latest upgrade package on the opening day of the young driver test at Magny-Cours on Tuesday, with Sam Bird trialling the all-new exhaust layout read more »

Whilst looking ahead to this weekend's Italian Grand Prix, McLaren's Sam Michael contemplates enclosed cockpits and the future plans of Lewis Hamilton. read more »

McLaren looks set to be the next team with a ‘double DRS’-like system aboard its 2012 car. After Mercedes and then Lotus pioneered the straightline... read more »

McLaren sporting director Sam Michael has revealed that the Woking outfit has developed its own version of Mercedes double-DRS. The system boosts straight-line speed by... read more »

After struggling to turn its drivers around in the heat of battle, Sam Michael admitted that McLaren's pit-stops were key to Lewis Hamilton's Hungarian Grand Prix... read more »