Fabio Leimer took the lead in the GP2 championship with victory at the Italian Grand Prix feature race, winning by just 0.8s from his closest rival in the standings Sam Bird read more »

McLaren's Sam Michael says a "big job" awaits Daniel Ricciardo at Red Bull, but he believes he will succeed if he is given the right support... read more »

McLaren has the personnel and experience to bounce back after a dismal 2013, insists sporting director Sam Michael.     read more »

McLaren Sporting Director Sam Michael is confident that the team will be able to return to race-winning form next season, insisting that the Woking-based outfit has learnt from... read more »

Whilst McLaren are more used to winning races, having taken at least one victory in every season since 1997 bar one, the team's management has admitted that not only wins,... read more »

Sam Michael concedes McLaren are unlikely to pick up any podiums for the rest of the season as they have switched most of their attention to 2014. read more »

McLaren's sporting director Sam Michael has admitted that his team's aim of scoring podiums will be tough to achieve on merit read more »

McLaren's Sam Michael says the question mark surrounding Pirelli's ongoing tyre supply isn't really an issue for F1 teams given the speed with which they can... read more »

McLaren sporting director Sam Michael believes that Red Bull giving the right support will be the key to Daniel Ricciardo thriving in 2014 read more »

Sam Bird believes his performances in this year's GP2 Series prove that he is ready to step up to F1 next season.     read more »

Sam Bird feels he has shown he deserves a chance in F1 even though he can't bring in the sort of sponsorship some drivers can... read more »

Formula 1 teams will debut a new wheel locking system from the Singapore Grand Prix onwards in an effort to avoid instances such as that of Mark Webber in Germany when his tyre... read more »

Sam Michael has said that McLaren will only be bringing minor upgrades to the forthcoming Italian Grand Prix, with the squad instead earmarking Singapore as a more appropriate... read more »

Sam Michael says McLaren will take few upgrades to Monza, with Singapore set to be the race where more development parts are introduced     read more »

Sam Michael says McLaren will bring a few minor development upgrades to Monza and expects Singapore to be the next time any team produces a major new package to their cars. read more »

British drivers shared the success across the GP2 races at Spa-Francorchamps. Sam Bird claimed his fourth win of the year for Russian Time during the feature race while James... read more »

Sam Bird took a dominant victory in the GP2 feature race at Spa-Francorchamps to close up on championship leaders Stefano Coletti and Felipe Nasr read more »

Sam Michael has downplayed the impact of Pirelli's new tyres, saying it was "pretty neutral"... read more »

Sam Michael says McLaren wasn't aided by the new Pirelli tyres in Hungary     read more »

McLaren's sporting director Sam Michael had played down the impact of Pirelli's new tyres at the Hungarian Grand Prix read more »

Today's press conference with Pat Fry, Paul Hembery, Paddy Lowe, Tom McCullough & Sam Michael. read more »

Sam Michael, Tom McCullough, Pat Fry, Paul Hembery and Paddy Lowe attended Friday's Press Conference... read more »

McLaren sporting director Sam Michael says he believes the FIA has taken the right steps but informing the teams which conditions of tyre usage they must comply with read more »

Sam Michael insists that McLaren ran within Pirelli's guidelines during the British Grand Prix at Silverstone     read more »

Sam Michael claims McLaren ran within the camber and pressure limits set by Pirelli throughout the British GP. read more »