Posts Tagged ‘Jenson Button’

Button:”I hope to return to the fight”

The Englishman, Jenson Button,  who could only manage eighth in a circuit where Lewis Hamilton left his partner, acknowledged that the race at the Hungaroring was ‘too long’ for the problems that had to overcome, but finally took the points.

‘I could rate and looking at the classification, and the closeness that is, it is clear that every point helps. And if you do not have a good Saturday, I learned that you have to keep trying, any success may be important, ‘he said in a statement to its Web site that collects Europa Press.

So, you know that four points’ does not seem much ‘, but emphasizes that it is’ only 14 of the championship leader. ” ‘Everything is still in play. We must work to narrow differences and I know the whole team is working hard for it, but I hope to return to the fight sooner rather than later, “he said. Read the rest of this entry »

Rossi earns more than the F1 drivers

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The magazine Sports Illustrated has published its annual list of athletes with higher incomes in the world. Valentino Rossi is the athlete with sport’s highest-paid motor world, with total revenues of 26 million euros.

Rossi is listed as the seventh athlete with more earnings in 2010, ahead of F1 drivers like Lewis Hamilton, Jenson Button, Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari ex.

Italian revenues are as follows: 14 million euro from his contract with Yamaha factory team, which expires this 2010 and the remaining 12 million of its technical partners (Dainese, AGV) and personal (Fastweb, Nutella, Monster Energy.)

Pedrosa and Lorenzo, light years away
Italian rider revenues tripled following motorcycle rider in the hierarchy, the 2007 MotoGP world champion Casey Stoner, who receives EUR 5 million in his last years with Ducati, while Jorge Lorenzo and Dani Pedrosa are still light years away from Italian, but this World Cup could begin to redress the balance, especially for the pilot’s Balearic Islands. Read the rest of this entry »

Luck and the FIA condemn Alonso

AlonsoThe stars lined up to see Fernando was relegated to last position after a mishap with Kubica and a decision by the FIA. Mark Webber has won victory after leading the race from the start after the problems of Vettel.

The Australian celebrated the victory with rabies after being relegated to the second team driver Vettel benefit in the day of qualifying. Without much trouble arose with the victory while his teammate could only manage seventh.

Hamilton was second, increasing his lead in the championship standings in the world with 145 points for 133, his teammate and compatriot Jenson Button, now fourth, while Alonso remains fifth with 98. Third in the race was Nico Rosberg, who has endured attacks Button.

Alonso, who started from third place behind the unbeaten Red Bull German Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber, left because of a fatal problem that caused the clutch to reach the first corner and had lost several positions and had played with teammate Felipe Massa, who punctured a tire. Read the rest of this entry »