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 »

Following the successful completion of a comprehensive testing programme at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi earlier this week, Mercedes GP protégé Sam... read more »

The third and final day of the Young Driver Test took place in Abu Dhabi today, with Sam Bird rounding off the test programme for Mercedes GP at the Yas Marina Circuit. On this... read more »

Sam Bird said that he was "very happy" with his performance for Mercedes in the Young Driver Test in Abu Dhabi after setting the third fastest time of the week read more »

On the last day of the young drivers test at the Marina Bay Circuit at Abu Dhabi, Red Bull youngster Jean-Eric Vergne remained on top of the time sheets. The Frenchman was... read more »

Mercedes test driver Sam Bird is confident that the work he and the team have done during the young driver test at Yas Marina will stand the team in good stead for the 2012 season read more »

Jean-Éric Vergne has set another fastest time to close this week’s three-day Formula 1 Young Driver test in Abu Dhabi. The Frenchman’s Red Bull,... read more »

On the second day of the Young Driver Test in Abu Dhabi today, Sam Bird continued his work at the wheel of the MGP W02 car. The team focused on 2012 Pirelli tyre evaluations... read more »

Two days after the 2011 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Formula One's Young Driver Test began at the Yas Marina Circuit this morning. GP2 driver Sam Bird is driving for Mercedes... read more »