Woking, Britain - Reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton on Friday presented the new McLaren-Mercedes car which he will be using for the new season, which begins in 72 days.
"Our aim are both titles, the drivers' championship, as well as the constructors'," team principal Ron Dennis said at the unveiling of the MP4-24 at the team's headquarters in Woking, Britain.
Although Hamilton won the drivers' championship last season Ferrari picked up the constructors' title.
Madonna di Campiglio, Italy - Title holder Lewis Hamilton will be the man to beat as Ferrari drivers Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen set their sights on the 2009 Formula One world title.
But Brazil's Massa vowed on Thursday at Ferrari's annual winter retreat in the Alps that he will give the McLaren driver Hamilton another big fight.
"The most important thing is to be world champion. I am probably in the best position in the career," he said. "Everyone starts from zero after the rule changes. But Lewis is probably our biggest rival."
Hamburg - Lewis Hamilton's dramatic clinching of the 2008 drivers' title in the last lap of the final race of the season heralds what many believe will be the Briton's domination of Formula One for the foreseeable future.
The 23-year-old's passing of Germany's Timo Glock in the Brazilian Grand Prix to move to fifth place, helped the McLaren-Mercedes driver take the title by one point from race winner Felipe Massa of Ferrari.
London, Dec. 14 : Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton loves to sleep with his F1 world championship trophy to prove that he is the number one racer in the globe.
The youngest champ in history took the 2ft silver and gold cup to bed with him at David Coulthard's hotel in Monaco yesterday after ''one of the most emotional nights'' of his life.
The McLaren superstar was presented with the trophy at a gala dinner in the presence of royalty and 600 VIP guests.
London, Dec. 12 : Formula One World Champion Lewis Hamilton has warned teams participating in the top-end racing circuit not to indulge in too many cost-effective measures, saying that doing so, could ruin the sport in the long-term.
Speaking in London, where he and Mika Hakkinen, one of his predecessors at McLaren Mercedes, launched an anti-drink-drive campaign, Hamilton said Formula One must remain a manufacturer-supported series at the pinnacle of motor sport and the big companies must retain an incentive to stay involved.
Woking, Britain - Reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton on Friday presented the new McLaren-Mercedes car which he will be using for the new season, which begins in 72 days.
Madonna di Campiglio, Italy - Title holder Lewis Hamilton will be the man to beat as Ferrari drivers Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen set their sights on the 2009 Formula One world title.
London, Jan.
Hamburg - Lewis Hamilton's dramatic clinching of the 2008 drivers' title in the last lap of the final race of the season heralds what many believe will be the Briton's domination of Formula One for the foreseeable future.
London, Dec. 12 : Formula One World Champion Lewis Hamilton has warned teams participating in the top-end racing circuit not to indulge in too many cost-effective measures, saying that doing so, could ruin the sport in the long-term.
