McLaren's preparations for this weekend's British Grand Prix begun with a day dedicated to pit stop practice reveals Sam Michael as the Woking outfit heads into its... read more »

McLaren's sporting director Sam Michael does not believe Red Bull will be able to keep the same kind of advantage it had in Valencia in this weekend's British Grand Prix. read more »

McLaren sporting director Sam Michael believes Red Bull will not have the runaway pace they enjoyed in Valencia at the British Grand Prix this weekend read more »

McLaren sporting director Sam Michael is confident that there will be no repeat of the pitlane problems that hit the team in the European Grand Prix after exhaustive testing of... read more »

McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh has backed the job that new sporting director Sam Michael has done for the team this year - and even suggested he could be the man to... read more »

McLaren sporting director Sam Michael believes Formula 1's development war will be the fiercest ever in 2012 as the incredible closeness of the field forces teams to push... read more »

Formula One's development race will be "fierce" this season due to the closeness of the field, according to McLaren Sporting Director Sam Michael... read more »

McLaren recorded the fastest ever pit-stop in Valencia at the weekend, proving their relentless search for improvements is beginning to pay off after multiple mistakes.... read more »

McLaren sporting director Sam Michael expects this year's development battle to step up a gear over the coming races as teams push harder and harder to find small gains in... read more »

Based on nothing but a frustrated fan's tweet, the media suggests that McLaren is already busy hammering nails into Sam Michael's coffin. read more »

Sam Michael is in the spotlight as McLaren continues to struggle in the pits in 2012. Williams’ former technical director had to leave Williams at the end of last... read more »

McLaren sporting director Sam Michael has dismissed the notion that Jenson Button is more sensitive to the Pirelli tyres than team-mate Lewis Hamilton read more »

Sporting Director Sam Michael is the latest high-profile figure at McLaren to give his full backing to Jenson Button... read more »

Sam Michael says he is sure that Jenson Button will turn his F1 season around soon after tough run of form read more »

We had our sixth winner from six races at Monaco last weekend - and Craig Scarborough, our technical expert, will be joining us in the studio to discuss how and why Mark Webber... read more »

Timing and logistics play in favour of end-of-season 'young driver' test, according to Sam Michael. read more »

Leading F1 technical figures Sam Michael and Adrian Newey admit that there was little value in reintroduction of in-season testing. read more »

Red Bull Racing’s Adrian Newey and McLaren’s Sam Michael both claimed they did not see any particular value in holding the recent Mugello test. The three days’ running at the... read more »

  TEAM REPRESENTATIVES – Pierre WACHE (Sauber), Paui HEMBERY (Pirelli), Mark SMITH (Caterham), Giorgio ASCANELLI (Toro Rosso), Adrian NEWEY (Red Bull), Sam... read more »

Friday's press conference with Giorgio Ascanelli, Paul Hembery, Sam Michael, Adrian Newey, Mark Smith and Pierre Wache. read more »

No place for reserve driver Sam Bird and Three-Pointed Star goes with race regulars for lone in-season test. read more »

Sam Bird will drive for I.S.R. in World Series by Renault this year, alongside his reserve duties for Mercedes read more »

McLaren's new sporting director, Sam Michael, believes that one of the features that stands the team in good steed is their depth in quality personnel... read more »

Sam Michael believes McLaren's strength in depth is one of the keys to having been so successful in Formula 1 over the years. read more »

2012 will mark Sam Michael’s first Formula 1 campaign as McLaren Sporting Director, having departed his role of Williams Technical Director before the end of last... read more »