2010 Formula 1 championship: McLaren expects British fireworks within camp

With the approach of possibly the most anticipated Formula 1 season in the recent past, McLaren boss Martin Whitmarsh has hinted that an intra-team battle might be inevitable in his camp.

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This season, McLaren is fronting with the two world champions from Britain, Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton.

The duo has formed a good relationship over the winter, but it remains to be seen what will happen when they actually start to race against each other.

Whitmarsh quipped “I can’t remember the start of a F1 season where there’s been so much interest, excitement and anticipation”.

“The closeness of the winter tests, our double-champion line-up, the return of a F1 legend and the presence of four world champions on the grid mean that 2010 is already shaping up to be a classic season. From our side, we’ve been engaged in one of the most painstakingly diligent pre-season programmes that we’ve ever undertaken. We’ve amassed an enormous amount of data and we’ve learnt a considerable amount about MP4-25 in just four brief tests”, he continued.

Meanwhile, despite expecting fireworks between his two pilots, Whitmarsh is still looking forward to the new season and has been ‘encouraged’ by the progress made over the winter with the new MP4-25.

Whitmarsh added, “We’ve been encouraged by our progress, we’ve been delighted with the input of both Jenson and Lewis and, finally, we feel ready.”

“Make no mistake: we’re a team of racers. We’ve been waiting impatiently for the first race to arrive for many months. We feel we’ve risen to the challenge and we can’t wait to get started – Bahrain is a demanding track for both the team and the drivers and we’re looking forward enormously to racing in the home of one of our primary shareholders. It promises to be a fantastic Grand Prix.”

This season is already shaping up to be sharp, watch this space at ICB for race updates and information!

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