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 »

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 »