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Sorry cooking but button's tyres weren't the problem, the gearbox was having issues down shifting.
...and before you pipe in Sagi with your comment about Vettel being two seconds a lap faster than anyone else in Malaysia last year and we were calling Red Bull cheats, since you mentioned it elsewhere. I'd think about it a little more profoundly than reflexively...
After the agony of defeat, success will be sweet!Since his appointment, Magnussen has consistently impressed behind the wheel of the MP4-29, registering a podium finish on his F1 debut in Australia before scoring points in Malaysia as well.
However, Magnussen was out-paced and out-performed by his veteran team-mate Jenson Button in Bahrain last week and Dennis is adamant that, even with precociously-talented Stoffel Vandoorne waiting in the wings, the 2009 World Champion will stay on for 2015 - and McLaren's reunion with Honda - if he can maintain such levels of performance.
"Anything is possible, but Jenson is doing a great job," said Dennis. "He is quick and he is dedicated so there is no reason not to stay with Jenson from any perspective. But we still have a whole season to go."
I didn't realise Mags issues were so extensive at Bahrain. Hopefully both cars are sore for China ....sounds like they are.........and normal service will be resumed.
It's just like Rush but without the championships....and before you pipe in Sagi with your comment about Vettel being two seconds a lap faster than anyone else in Malaysia last year and we were calling Red Bull cheats, since you mentioned it elsewhere. I'd think about it a little more profoundly than reflexively...
Gotcha!! But, to be clear, I did NOT say Mercedes were cheating!!
...and before you pipe in Sagi with your comment about Vettel being two seconds a lap faster than anyone else in Malaysia last year and we were calling Red Bull cheats, since you mentioned it elsewhere. I'd think about it a little more profoundly than reflexively...
Gotcha!! But, to be clear, I did NOT say Mercedes were cheating!!
You didn't have to, simply to bring it up is to imply. Just heading things off at the pass is all.
After the agony of defeat, success will be sweet!...and before you pipe in Sagi with your comment about Vettel being two seconds a lap faster than anyone else in Malaysia last year and we were calling Red Bull cheats, since you mentioned it elsewhere. I'd think about it a little more profoundly than reflexively...
Gotcha!! But, to be clear, I did NOT say Mercedes were cheating!!
You didn't have to, simply to bring it up is to imply. Just heading things off at the pass is all.
Not to worry!! Although that may be a great strategy to use, with some people,
when I have to say something, I will say it!
For a team that has won 182 grands prix and 20 world championships, as McLaren has, the only result that can ever be truly satisfying is first place. Wins are what we're all about.
Having said that, we started the 2014 season reasonably well, Kevin [Magnussen] and Jenson [Button] finishing second and third behind Nico's [Rosberg] winning Mercedes in Australia. We then scored points in Malaysia and, but for an irritating clutch problem on both our cars, would have scored points in Bahrain too.
However, as I say, we're not about points or even podiums. We're about wins. We're restructuring and reorganising, and we're bringing in new people, and the improvements are already tangible from the inside. As always, those improvements will take a little while to bear fruit in terms of better race results, but it'll come.
As I've always said, McLaren exists to win, and win we will.
Stefano was a likeable and capable guy, and I wish him well in whatever career choice he makes next.
The position of Ferrari team principal is clearly an important one, and I hope Marco appreciates the enormity of the task ahead of him, as well as the opportunity he's been given.
It'll be tough. I know that better than most. Formula 1 is uncompromising in the demands it makes of you, gruelling sometimes, but when the going gets tough the tough get going.
Much of the history of Formula 1 has been painted on a canvas whose background image is that of a titanic battle between Ferrari and McLaren, stretching back almost half a century now, and it's astonishing but true to realise that, since McLaren first entered Formula 1 in 1966, our two teams have both won exactly 182 grands prix.
We at McLaren are aiming to start adding to that total again soon, and I'm sure Marco shares the same ambition for Ferrari.
Fingers crossed,fans of McLaren (and Ferrari), fingers crossed!
Looks like Mclaren are going to take Red Bull to court.
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