Today, we see Lewis Hamilton leave the Mclaren garage and head off into the unknown with his new team, Mercedes. Filling the shoes of a legend like Michael Schumacher must be a daunting task in itself, but the increasingly poor form must be a concern for Hamilton, a man who, for his whole career, has been near enough at the top of the leaderboards, fighting for those World Championships.
The same cannot be said for the man who is replacing Lewis at Mclaren. Sergio Perez, the raw Mexican, makes his move from Sauber, a team who were unlikely to offer their driver the opportunities for success like Mclaren can. Whilst Perez has been on the podium a few times over the course of the season, he has taken a severe drop in form since signing a contract with Mclaren.
One can only wonder how long the UK based team will stand for such poor performances.
And what of Jenson Button? The Frome man will surely be the undisputed No 1 driver, now that Hamilton has left. It remains to be seen whether or not Perez will be allowed to challenge Button in next years' races, but the Mexican still has every opportunity to outclass his team mate in qualifying.
This will also be an interesting point in Mclaren's history.
Clearly, Lewis Hamilton is a world class driver, as is Jenson Button. However, Hamilton, on most occasions, is in a league of his own and pushes his car to the absolute limit. The pace that Hamilton had at Mclaren may not be a true indicator of the speed the team has. We will only have to look at Perez and Button next year to see if the Mclaren's pace lives up to that of Hamilton's.
This remains to be seen.
The same cannot be said for the man who is replacing Lewis at Mclaren. Sergio Perez, the raw Mexican, makes his move from Sauber, a team who were unlikely to offer their driver the opportunities for success like Mclaren can. Whilst Perez has been on the podium a few times over the course of the season, he has taken a severe drop in form since signing a contract with Mclaren.One can only wonder how long the UK based team will stand for such poor performances.
And what of Jenson Button? The Frome man will surely be the undisputed No 1 driver, now that Hamilton has left. It remains to be seen whether or not Perez will be allowed to challenge Button in next years' races, but the Mexican still has every opportunity to outclass his team mate in qualifying.
This will also be an interesting point in Mclaren's history.
Clearly, Lewis Hamilton is a world class driver, as is Jenson Button. However, Hamilton, on most occasions, is in a league of his own and pushes his car to the absolute limit. The pace that Hamilton had at Mclaren may not be a true indicator of the speed the team has. We will only have to look at Perez and Button next year to see if the Mclaren's pace lives up to that of Hamilton's.
This remains to be seen.
i think jenson is the better driver he has a good head and he is not dirty driver clean fair if somthing is wrong with the tires he is cool and carm lewis had a few bad days but i think jenson will do the team proud this year 2013 he will do his best to set car his way so i say good for jenson lets win in 2013 jenson best wishs emma rowe
ReplyDeleteI totally agree. Jenson has always been a driver who copes well with changing conditions and is likely to do so in the future. Now that Lewis is no longer with Mclaren, the question everyone will want to know the answer to, is will Jenson perform better...
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