Tag: Whitmarsh
Lewis Hamilton’s grace in adversity impresses Martin Whitmarsh
• McLaren driver showed true greatness, says team principal• Jenson Button concerned by cars’ lack of race pace McLaren’s under-fuelling fiasco may have ruined Lewis Hamilton’s Spanish Grand Prix but it appears to have strengthened his position within the team. The McLaren team principal, Martin Whitmarsh, has been impressed by the way Hamilton responded to [...]
Martin Whitmarsh: McLaren and Ferrari can put brakes on Red Bulls
McLaren team principal believes Lewis Hamilton’s win in German Grand Prix will end talk of a runaway Sebastian Vettel world title Two weeks ago, after his cars had qualified fifth and 10th for the British Grand Prix, Martin Whitmarsh, the McLaren team principal, took the unusual step of beginning a press conference by admitting his [...]
Martin Whitmarsh believes Red Bull will get ‘defensive’ in title race
McLaren’s team principal, Martin Whitmarsh, says the Red Bull drivers are likely to get ‘defensive and tight’ in Korea It is only five races since Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button arrived in Hungary leading the drivers’ championship but after a devastating sequence of results another poor weekend here will, realistically, kill their title ambitions. Button [...]
Whitmarsh questions the mood at McLaren rivals Ferrari and Red Bull
• ‘We decide to race with our drivers racing’• We’ve also got a good harmony, Whitmarsh adds McLaren’s team principal, Martin Whitmarsh, is convinced harmony is the key to winning both of this year’s Formula One world titles and he can clearly sense friction and discord in the camps of their main rivals, Red Bull [...]
