Mercedes McLaren This Season

[dougdevine]

Right, so we’ve got six races left in the season and McLaren Mercedes are leading the pack. Isn’t it nice to see a British team doing so well?! The car seems so reliable and the performances have been great, the drivers are clearly talented, but a lot has to be said about the car, it’s got to be that magic Mercedes touch hasn’t it? Apparently loads of this year’s technological advances are filtering through to the Mercs’ road cars (so that’s got to be good news for anyone buying a Merc). If you ask me the so-called Alonso – Hamilton feud is all press talk, and who cares so long as the car is performing on the track? The off-track politics don’t seem to be affecting the mechanics, drivers or car. There’s a really good video on the Mercedes website (www.mercedes-benz.tv) about making a Formula 1 TV commercial, they seem to be getting on fine in that! Let’s forget speculation about feuds and get on with winning in Turkey!

[10 Pence Short]

I personally think that McLaren have done so well through Ferrari's problems (as much as I hate to say it). If Ferrari fall behind one driver, which I think's likely should one do clearly better than the other this weekend, then McLaren are going to have a struggle on their hands to retain the lead in both championships.

Let's just hope it's Kimi and his reputation for car breaking continues...