Button wins Chinese GP in McLaren one-two

Defending champion Jenson Button delivered a perfectly judged drive in treacherous wet conditions to win Sunday's dramatic Chinese Grand Prix ahead of his McLaren team-mate Lewis Hamilton.The two Britons delivered their first one-two of the season in sumptuous style to prove that though the Red Bull team may have the fastest car for qualifying, they retain great race performance.Button's triumph was his second in four races this season and the ninth of his career and it lifted him clear at the top of this year's embryonic drivers' championship ahead of German Nico Rosberg.

As McLaren prepare for the British Grand Prix this weekend, home heroes Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button are hoping upgraded cars will give them the edge over the high-flying Red Bulls.Although many teams introduced upgrades ahead of the European Grand Prix, German Sebastian Vettel proved that the Red Bull car was still the fastest by cruising to victory at the Valencia street circuit.Defending drivers' champion Button is worried that his team might be playing catch-up.

A delighted Lewis Hamilton headed home after winning the Chinese Grand Prix confident he can build a convincing title challenge and give defending champion Sebastian Vettel a run for his money.Britain's Hamilton and his McLaren team-mate and compatriot Jenson Button finished first and fourth in the third race of the 2011 season in Shanghai on Sunday as Vettel's run of two season-opening wins came to an end.Vettel was second for Red Bull ahead of his team-mate Australian Mark Webber, who produced the drive of the day to finish on the podium after starting 18th on the grid.

British duo Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button of McLaren looked back on "one of those days" when strategic and pit-stop errors marred their results in Sunday's Turkish Grand Prix.Hamilton and Button, world champions in 2008 and 2009 respectively, both felt they could have enjoyed more profitable afternoons after finishing fourth and sixth respectively at the Istanbul Park circuit.In-form champion German Sebastian Vettel won for Red Bull ahead of his team-mate Australian Mark Webber with two-times champion Spaniard Fernando Alonso third for Ferrari.

Red Bull drivers Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber were encouraged by the performance of their car during Friday's practice sessions for Sunday's European Grand Prix having arrived here with low expectations.Many predicted that the Spanish street circuit would suit rival team and championship leaders McLaren but Germany's Vettel and Australian Webber finished second and third fastest on Friday, while Britons Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button of McLaren were fifth and ninth fastest.

Defending Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel won the European Grand Prix here on Sunday to extend his lead in the overall standings with his sixth win in eight races.The 23-year-old German coasted home in his Red Bull to beat Spain's Fernando Alonso in a Ferrari while Vettel's Australian team-mate Mark Webber was third.It was just the third time in Formula One history that all the drivers finished the race.Great Britain's 2008 champion Lewis Hamilton for McLaren honoured his pledge to restrain his daredevil style and finish the race, taking fourth place.

Mark Webber claimed his first pole position of the season on Saturday during qualifying for Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix.The 34-year-old Australian clocked a time of one minute 20.981 edging out his Red Bull team-mate and defending drivers champion German Sebastian Vettel by 0.2 seconds.Briton Lewis Hamilton was third fastest despite being almost a second off Webber's time.Spaniard Fernando Alondo of Ferrari split the two McLarens pipping Briton Jenson Button to fourth place in his final lap of the session.

Mark Webber remained optimistic on Friday after seeing his Red Bull team-mate Sebastian Vettel top the times in both free practice sessions ahead of Sunday's Hungarian Grand Prix.The 33-year-old Australian, knowing he needs to compete hard against his 23-year-old team-mate to stay in the title race behind McLaren drivers Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button, told reporters he was happy with his day's work.He was second fastest behind Vettel in the morning and third in the afternoon when two-time champion Fernando Alonso split the two Red Bulls in his Ferrari.