Imagine driving at speeds approaching 200 mph in an open convertible. Imagine a McLaren MP4-12C without a roof. McLaren's 616 hp twin-turbo V8 powered 12C Spider can do just that. We know because Formula 1 driver Jenon Button has been there and done that.

F1 champion Jenson Button's taken delivery of one of twenty batshit-crazy 520-hp Mercedes-Benz C-Class DR 520s. Better yet, he bought an Estate. Our team of experts have determined this is the exact moment wagons are now cool for the masses.

The bloom is officially off the new Lotus F1 effort — ex-McLaren F1 driver Heikki Kovalainen smacked his green and yellow T127 into a tire wall at Jerez during testing today. Lots Of Trouble, Usually... Scandanavian?

We made it over to the Shanghai Grand Prix again yesterday for some F1 action, but the weather was most definitely not on our side. We'll put it this way, we got wet. Spoilers below.

We're back at the Shanghai International Circuit today to catch F1 qualifying action for Sunday's Chinese GP as well as immersing ourselves in the interesting sights and sounds going on right outside the track.

We're here in China with little to do today, so we thought we'd head out to the Shanghai International Circuit to catch the first two Formula One practice rounds before Sunday's 2009 Chinese Grand Prix.