Formula One driver Button optimistic, but tight race in prospect

2011-07-28T14:30:35Z

Former world champion Jenson Button said on Thursday that he was approaching his landmark 200th Formula One race this weekend in an optimistic frame of mind, but expecting a tough fight between the three top teams.

The 2009 champion, who claimed the first of his 10 F1 wins in the Hungarian race of 2006 after 113 starts, added that he did no...

Hamilton says he won't back off Lewis Hamilton says he won't change his approach, despite no...

2010-09-29T08:02:32Z

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Michael Schumacher plays down chances of Spa victory

2010-11-02T13:23:35Z

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Emotional Massa braced for Hungary return

2010-07-31T05:15:21Z

Felipe Massa returns to the Hungaroring, where he suffered a high-speed horror crash 12 months ago, determined to stage an emotional reunion with the medical staff and marshalls who saved his life.

The Brazilian's Ferrari careered off the track at last year's Hungarian Grand Prix after he was struck on his helmet by a part which flew off Jenson Button believes he must finish on the podium in Sunday's Hungarian Grand Prix if his McLaren team are to maintain their lead in the world championship.

Defending champion Button admitted that results in recent races have helped his team's cause, but admitted that unless they pick up some better finishes, it is only a matter of time before their luck runs out.

"At this stage of the season we need to be fighting f...

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2010-11-02T14:51:05Z

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Massa confident to race 12 months after Hungary horror

2010-07-28T10:17:18Z

Felipe Massa insisted on Wednesday that he has no fears over returning to the Hungaroring, 12 months after a horror crash which almost killed him.

Massa's Ferrari careered off the track at last year's Hungarian Grand Prix after he was struck on his helmet by a part which flew off Rubens Barrichello's

Motor racing-Massa still has much to be thankful for

2010-07-28T09:16:45Z

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Ferrari's Felipe Massa has much to be thankful for on his return to Hungary this weekend, even if his Formula One t...

Massa thanks Hungarian hospital for treatment

2010-04-16T10:47:52Z

Brazilian Formula 1 driver Felipe Massa expressed his gratitude Monday to Budapest's AEK hospital, which treated him after a horror accident at the Hungarian Grand Prix last month.

"I am convinced that the speed and the quality of the treatment I received at the AEK hospital was fundamental to r...

Injured F1 racer Massa back in Brazil

2010-04-16T11:00:17Z

Formula One driver Felipe Massa arrived in his native Brazil late Monday, flying in from Hungary where he had surgery for serious head injuries sustained in a June 25 racing accident.

The 28-year-old landed at Formula One driver Felipe Massa arrived in his native Brazil late Monday, flying in from Hungary where he had surgery for serious head injuries sustained in a June 25 racing accident.

The 28-year-old landed at

Massa grateful for worldwide support

2010-10-22T07:54:24Z

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Massa thanks well-wishers

2010-10-22T07:54:26Z

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Massa arrives in Brazil for more tests

2010-04-16T11:00:43Z

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Injured Ferrari driver Felipe Massa arrived home in Brazil on Monday after nine days of treatment in a Budapest hospital and said he hoped to make a swift return to Formula One driver Felipe Massa was due back in his native Brazil late Monday for recovery at home after being treated in Hungary for serious head injuries sustained from a June 25 racing accident.

The 28-year-old was being flown back on a private jet ac...

Schumacher takes part in first Ferrari tests

2010-04-16T11:03:50Z

Seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher was back testing a racing car just 48 hours after announcing his shock return to Formula One racing, Ansa said on Friday.

Schumacher, who retired in 2006, tested the Ferrari F2007 at the famous Mugello track near Florence.

The 40-year-old German is due to take part in the European...

Massa ready for his release from hospital

2010-10-22T07:54:18Z

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Hamilton and McLaren are winners again

2010-04-16T11:09:14Z

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton won the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday as McLaren roared back to the front after a slump of 1...

Glock eyeing podium repeat

2010-10-22T07:53:52Z

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Hawks Kings Basketball

2011-01-04T22:01:17Z

Atlanta Hawks guard Jamal Crawford,left, shoots over Sacramento Kings guard Beno Udrih, of Slovenia during the first half of an ...

Wild Devils Hockey

2011-01-04T18:31:58Z

New Jersey Devils' Andy Greene (6) and Minnesota Wild's Martin Havlat (24), of the Czech Republic, compete for the puck during the first period of an Alexander Zanesco talk to journalists during a news conference on the hospital cemetery in Hall near Innsbruck, Austria, on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011. Officials say the cemetery could contain the remains of up to 220 people killed by the Nazis and buried between 1942 and 1945. The hospital ...

Czech Republic Partial Solar Eclipse

2011-01-04T02:31:17Z

Photographers take images during a partial solar eclipse in Prague, Czech Republic, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

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Germany Alpine Skiing World Cup

2011-01-02T13:32:14Z

Winner Maria Pietilae-Holmner of Sweden, center, is flanked ond the podium by second placed Tina Maze of Slovenia, left, and third placed Austrian Elisabeth Goergl after an alpine skiing parallel slalom World Cup race held in Munich, southern

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