McLaren finished Friday second and seventh quickest at Suzuka, but both Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button are suspected to have carried significant fuel loads. Heading into... read more »

McLaren is confident it will not suffer a repeat of the gearbox problem that forced Lewis Hamilton to retire from the Singapore Grand Prix and has resulted in a grid penalty... read more »

McLaren is confident that there will be no repeat of the gearbox problems that hit both its drivers at the Singapore Grand Prix read more »

Jenson Button handed a five place grid penalty in Japan after McLaren is forced to change his gearbox prior to the race read more »

Jenson Button will take a five-place grid penalty this weekend after his team was forced to change his gearbox following last week's Singapore Grand Prix. read more »

Jenson Button will have to take a five-place grid penalty at this weekend's Japanese Grand Prix due to an unscheduled gearbox change read more »

Jenson Button will drop five places on the grid for Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix because of a gearbox change. read more »

Jenson Button will drop five-places on the Japanese Grand Prix grid after McLaren confirmed the 2009 champion will require a new gearbox for the event. The Woking outfit... read more »

Jenson Button will have a five-place grid penalty for the Japanese Grand Prix because he needs a new gearbox for the Suzuka weekend, AUTOSPORT can reveal. read more »

Lewis Hamilton has declared that 'the gloves are off' in his quest for a second world title, with the outgoing McLaren driver eager to make up for the... read more »

Already rated as one of the "classic" F1 races (despite its relatively short, five-year life), last Sunday's Singtel Singapore GP was memorable for a multitude... read more »

Gearbox penalties have become commonplace in F1 in recent times, but there is a solution to reduce them. It’s always a big shame to see a driver fall back five places... read more »

With six races to go, F1 2012 is becoming a two-horse race, according to former grand prix driver Karl Wendlinger. Before pole sitter and runaway race leader Lewis... read more »

McLaren's Martin Whitmarsh believes Lewis Hamilton can still win the drivers' title, but only if they can overcome their reliability problems. The Brit had been... read more »

McLaren does not believe Lewis Hamilton's brush with the wall in qualifying for the Singapore Grand Prix resulted in his gearbox failure on race day read more »

McLaren and Lewis Hamilton have insisted that their Singapore gearbox problem developed during Sunday’s race, contrary to some reports that it already had an issue in... 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 »

Jenson Button was on the podium again with a second place for Vodafone McLaren Mercedes. The team had surely hoped for more as Lewis Hamilton started from pole and was... read more »

McLaren had little warning that Lewis Hamilton's gearbox was about to fail in the Singapore Grand Prix - as it denied suggestions it knew of an issue heading in to the race. read more »

Lewis Hamilton admitted that he'd been 'cruising' out in front of the Singapore Grand Prix in the moments before his gearbox failed, which he described as a... read more »

Lewis Hamilton felt he missed out on an easy win at the Singapore Grand Prix after his gearbox failed while he was leading the race read more »

Lewis Hamilton seemed all set for a second victory in Singapore on Sunday, until his gearbox broke on the 23rd lap. A problem which McLaren had known of and attempted to nurse,... read more »

Lewis Hamilton’s retirement from the Singapore Grand Prix leaves him fifty-two points adrift of Fernando Alonso in the championship fight, but the Brit insists that... read more »

Fernando Alonso highlighted just why he was so pleased with another podium finish in Singapore: his nearest championship challenger again failed to finish. As Sebastian Vettel... read more »

Sebastian Vettel’s win in Singapore marks his first since the Bahrain Grand Prix in April and only the second for the World Champion in 2012. From third on the grid,... read more »