F1 News Update 11/17

 

Exclusive Whitmarsh Q&A: McLaren will turn tables in 2012

They may have won six Grands Prix this season, but finishing runner-up to Red Bull in both titles has been hard for McLaren to swallow. A tricky winter off-track was followed by a difficult spring on it, and only in the summer did the British team’s fortunes finally turn - by which time it was too late. Team principal Martin Whitmarsh explains what went wrong, how they put it right - and why they will do better in 2012. Plus he discusses the Hamilton-Button dynamic, resource restriction agreements, team politics and more…

Q: Martin, McLaren are the 2011 runners-up. Is that good enough?
Martin Whitmarsh: No it is not. But you have to say that Sebastian (Vettel), Red Bull, and (Red Bull chief technical officer) Adrian Newey did a fantastic job. Sebastian in particular did a spectacular job. But we are not here to come in second, so inevitably we are not satisfied with this. We’ve secured second place in the constructors’ championship and we are second in the drivers’ championship, but it’s a frustrating position to be in to be honest. We were second last year as well and we definitely don’t want to make it a habit. Now we could look back and ponder about it or we can turn it into positive motivation. We have had six great wins this year and we can even make it seven great wins this year - and that’s the goal - so we are focusing on that. We will try and win again in Brazil. Sebastian will again clearly be the guy to beat even if he was unlucky in Abu Dhabi. There are a lot of views about the invincibility of Red Bull. Certainly Mark (Webber) is a very good driver. People keep asking us how we plan to beat Red Bull but on most weekends we do beat 50 percent of them. Unfortunately, right now, we are not beating the other one if he stays in the race! (laughs) As a team we’ve made some mistakes. We haven’t done as good a job as I like us to do but hopefully we will end the season with another win. Then we press the reset button, spend a few weeks away in the winter and next year is another year.- http://www.formula1.com/news/interviews/2011/11/12804.html
  

 

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