So with Lewis Hamilton heading to pastures new next season, should McLaren put all their weight behind Jenson Button for the rest of the season? With six race's left this season Jenson is currently in 6th in the Driver's championship 75 points behind leader Fernando Alonso. Meanwhile Lewis Hamilton is in fourth place, 52 points behind Alonso.
If I was the team principal of McLaren I wouldn't like the prospect of losing the 2012 F1 Champion to Mercedes next season and with it the No.1 on the car. Lewis Hamilton is still mathematically in the running for this year's championship.
In an exclusive interview with Sky Sports Martin Whitmarsh said that despite Hamilton's decision to leave the team McLaren are still 100% behind Lewis in his bid for a second Driver's title, the team however should be concentrating on overhauling RedBull's 36 point advantage in the Constructor's championship as the Woking based squad haven't won this championship since 1998.
From 2013, JB will be the out right team leader at McLaren and in my opinion he will be looking to end his 2012 campaign the way he started it on a high with a win, he will be looking to repeat his 2011 success in Japan next weekend. The Suzuka circuit is a favourite among an awful lot of the driver's on the grid.
Recently JB stated that he was not willing to help Hamilton in his championship bid however having spoke to Martin Whitmarsh his stance may have changed although with Hamilton leaving at the end of the season I don't see the sense in JB helping him.
Jenson has shown that given the car he can dominate at the front SPA this year was a prime example of that.
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