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 »

McLaren sporting director Sam Michael is pleased with the progress that the team is making with the MP4-27 read more »

Sam Michael says it will be "interesting" to see how the Hungarian stewards police drivers running off the track during Saturday's qualifying... read more »

McLaren sporting director Sam Michael says he is intrigued about how strict the FIA will be in dealing with drivers who run off track during qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix read more »

McLaren sporting director Sam Michael says the team still needs to improve its pit stop performance despite now being the fastest in the pit lane read more »

In their constant development push, McLaren will introduce a further upgrade package for the Hungarian Grand Prix following two considerable packages at the previous races. The... read more »

McLaren sporting director Sam Michael is confident that the team's pit woes are behind it after again setting a new pitstop record during the German Grand Prix. read more »

McLaren sporting director Sam Michael believes that Sebastian Vettel would not have been able to complete the pass on Jenson Button without going off the track, meaning that a... read more »

McLaren sporting director Sam Michael believes victory is a realistic goal in the German Grand Prix despite Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton starting back in sixth and seventh. read more »

McLaren sporting director Sam Michael says the early signs from his team's latest updates are good and he expects to be fighting for wins this weekend read more »

McLaren sporting director Sam Michael is confident that the car upgrades McLaren ran for the first time in Friday morning practice at Hockenheim today are a major step forward. read more »

Sam Michael is hoping the rain stays away at Hockenheim, giving McLaren the chance to evaluate their new upgrades... read more »

McLaren sporting director Sam Michael says that the team is hoping the weather does not hamper its analysis of new parts at Hockenheim read more »

McLaren sporting director Sam Michael believes the team are "definitely there" when it comes to reaching their pit stop targets... read more »

McLaren sporting director Sam Michael says the team's pitcrew has now reached the speed and consistency that he wanted - but he concedes the pressure is now on for it to... read more »

Martin Whitmarsh has backed McLaren's under-fire sporting director Sam Michael. Australian Michael joined the team this year after being ousted at Williams, at the end of... read more »

Martin Whitmarsh has backed McLaren’s under-fire sporting director Sam Michael. Australian Michael joined the team this year after being ousted at Williams, at the... read more »

Sam Michael says he doesn't expect to see Red Bull have a big advantage at Silverstone read more »

Sam Michael has downplayed Red Bull's blistering Valencia pace, saying it has "some circuit-specific nature" to it and won't carry though to Silverstone... read more »

Red Bull may have enjoyed an almighty one-second per lap advantage in Valencia just under a fortnight ago, but McLaren doesn't expect that to be the same case this weekend... read more »

McLaren boss Sam Michael is untroubled by the improvement in Red Bull's performance ahead of the British Grand Prix. read more »

McLaren team principal Martin Whitmash has jumped to the defence of Sam Michael, and even mooted him as his possible successor... read more »