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[Hammer278]

"But who will be their Senna?"

Damn good question, who are they going to fire to make way for Bruno Senna? That's the closest they can get to answering that question, seeing as the potential Sennas on the grid are locked into other teams for the foreseeable future.

[CookinFlat6]

So James Allen is not confirming anything but saying its a done deal already.

If both are indeed done deals then it must be Honda and a Carlos Slim brand.

I hope Honda will be able to produce something that is competitive compared to the Mercedes Power unit that is possibly at least 2 years ahead in development. The long fruitless years of Honda resources and Button providing feedback at Brackley hopefully will be a thing of the past. It would be a horrible irony if McLaren were to give up the best engine on the grid and revert to a weaker Honda, when Brawn took a step forward when they swapped Honda for Merc.

Talking about ironies, James Allen also said this on same blog about the challenge facing Claire Williams

It will be a significant challenge; Williams is heavily dependent on its payments from FOM and its relationship with Ecclestone as well as on sponsorship from Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA. Although they have some exciting projects in Qatar and on the hybrid technology side, they need to diversify their income streams and especially build a portfolio of large sponsors to protect themselves from any sudden withdrawals, especially with the Venezuelan backing being dependent on a fluid political situation in the wake of the death of president Hugo Chavez.

There has been quite a lot of turnover of staff at Williams recently on the engineering operations side with two senior figures Mark Gillan and Dominic Harlow moving on.

On a technical level the team has started the 2013 season on the back foot with a car which has proved uncompetitive in the first two races of the season. They are yet to score a point, along with only Caterham and Marussia.

Latin American sponsorship dependent, exciting potential income streams from diversified streams (car business) in future although not a significant amount yet, turnover of technical staff,

At least McLaren have scored 4 points

I can see McLaren Honda and Williams Mercedes, I know which one Id put my money on, and Claires quite fit also

[darwin dali]

Whitmarsh said: "We know what we had [in Malaysia] isn't optimal for various reasons. We did some experiments, it responded to those experiments and I would be very disappointed if we don't take another step in China and that's what we're going to do."

That would be kinda disturbingly good to see

[What's Burning?]

Force India better watch out.

[CookinFlat6]

Whitmarsh said: "We know what we had [in Malaysia] isn't optimal for various reasons. We did some experiments, it responded to those experiments and I would be very disappointed if we don't take another step in China and that's what we're going to do."

That would be kinda disturbingly good to see

<EDITED WB>

Encouraging words from Martin (my mummy thinks Im doing a good job) Whitmarsh

Problem seems to be over reliance on the simulator and not enough testing data on diffrent tracks according to this
http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/will-gray/tech-talk-mclaren-fix-132917695.html

[racechick]

I saw that bit about his mum???? WTF was that all about??

[racechick]

Part of me likes Martin Whitmarsh, but I have no respect for him. He'd be ok doing something like managing the Ritz or maybe running a fashion show, but he's piss useless when it comes to hard nosed decisions. It's why I feel a bit sorry for him. He's out of his depth.

[racechick]

Sorry Bud, it was just my opinion, I didnt mean to cause upset and I didn't break any rules. I don't hate Mclaren but think at the moment their wasting what they have . I'm sure they'll get it together but not sure Whitmarsh is the right person to do it. That mum interview wasn't the brightest move. Anyway blame last nights bluntness on the bottle of wine and winning the pub quizz. Whoop whoop!!

[racechick]

Well Button is feeling positive that Mclaren have turned a corner, Are sorting out the new car and no longer talking about resorting to the 2012 car. So things looking up for Mclaren

[LewEngBridewell]

I hope so!

Lol, the last 4 posts have been racechick talking to herself

[What's Burning?]

That's what happens when two of the more prolific McLaren thread contrinutors are on 'vacation'.

[Jabberwocky]

I am sure you talk to yourself as well?!

[Jabberwocky]

I do

[What's Burning?]

I moan to myself, not back on McLaren topic. Button is eying a championship!

[racechick]

Well I didn't start off talking to myself? I just turned around and everyone was gone