internetf1fan wrote:And yet again McLaren pits Button to give him a new set of tyres while leaving Hamilton out. Their focus on Button is completely destroying any chances of McLaren winning a WDC or the WCC. Like I said, let's look what happened when McLaren was 100% behind Hamilton in 2008. He gave them their first WDC in a decade. If McLaren continues like this, then they will not win another championship while watching Alonso getting another championship.
This is complete rubbish.
Where are you sources on information being passed exclusively to one side of the garage or one side of the garage willfully not acting because of favoritism - are you just saying this to be controversial?
Where is this supposed favoritism that you are talking about, because I fail to see it yet some of you make out that it is glaringly obvious?
The real problem is that the Mclaren team have for the past few years been making more and more bad decisions. Lewis isn't a racer which seems capable of thinking a race through like a Vettel or an Alonso, whereas Button can. Hamilton has the raw speed but not the brain, and Button has the brain but not the raw speed. The result is that Hamilton is relying on his team to do most of the thinking for him, a team which at times seems incapable of making even simple decisions, whereas Button can make those decisions by himself.
It is not a team deliberately favoring one driving over another, it is a mixture of both a team, and a driver (Lewis) both unable to make split second decisions that other teams like Red Bull and Ferrari can make and the only reason why Button is not suffering the same fate as Lewis is because he can make those decisions for himself.
Get it?
Mclaren need to have a serious look at themselves because they have two world class drivers with very different attributes that should be delivering a world championship in one or both of the titles. Lewis who can drive a dog of a car in all conditions very fast and who is also a great wheel to wheel racer; and Jenson whose need for a finely balanced car should be a massive advantage when developing a car that is fast on all tracks. Lewis' and Jensen's individual attributes should be coming together to produce a great car, backed up by equally strong qualifying and race performances.... but they aren't, and I have a feeling that it isn't the fault of either driver but the fault of the team and a failure of leadership from Mr. Whitmarsh and company.