Will McLaren support Lewis now?

What a sentimental load of softies you lot are :kiss:

You have a formula one team where a driver is leaving to go to a competitor and expect everyone to be luvvy dovey? I get on OK with my Ex missus but she doesn't feature one iota in my personal life.

McLaren, will support Lewis 100% to do the very best job he can for the team and hopefully secure 2nd in the championship but is it any wonder that personally the team is looking towards the current and future drivers?

I don't know how much of this is true but if Lewis feels a little removed from the inner McLaren family, he needs to man up a bit and be realistic. I will always support him but really???

Get to Mercedes, destroy Nico and fight like crazy to win another Championship. That's what I want to see from Lewis and none of this self indulgent moping that seems to be coming out.

McLaren are getting on with establishing a team that will challenge for the best they can do this year and the 2013 titles, Lewis needs to do the best he can this year and then look to the future.

The Boss is still getting his McLaren setup the way he and his engineer want it. Give me a break with the conspiracy theorys. McLaren are simply dead in the water. They will be lucky to beat Ferrari pilots in the WCC, and that's not saying much. :s tareup:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fi0xN499IXE

Lewis is a great alrounder an no matter what goes on next year he knows this years chance of wdc is out of the window,Martin Whitmarsh isn't behind Lewis and nor has he been since he took over in his new role an whitmarsh has only got himself to blame for the departure of Lewis,for the last 3 seasons now maclaren have given it its all at the beggining of the season then when it's not gone the way whitmarsh was expecting he always changed his statements to we're now concentrating on next years car an Lewis has seen it happen too many times now and a change in his mind has made him move and he'll be thinking that a new place is a new start and a new start means a new peace of mind and a kick start to his career.
Lewis knows that leaving all he's known since he was 13 is a big thing to do but also knows Ross Brawn is no fool,he took Micheal to 5 of the 7 world titles as well as jensans world title and there for Lewis knows although he's leaving an established team as maclaren Ross Brawn will be helping him the best he can an deep down i think Ross Brawns more releaved he's got a world class driver joining his team and yeah if Brawn faces the thruth that yeah micheals a great ambassador for F1 but he's too okd to get another title and Lewis will be the one to do it for his team and that Lewis's team mate will also back Lewis and the team.

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Originally Posted by shane 2012

Lewis is a great alrounder an no matter what goes on next year he knows this years chance of wdc is out of the window,Martin Whitmarsh isn't behind Lewis and nor has he been since he took over in his new role an whitmarsh has only got himself to blame for the departure of Lewis,for the last 3 seasons now maclaren have given it its all at the beggining of the season then when it's not gone the way whitmarsh was expecting he always changed his statements to we're now concentrating on next years car an Lewis has seen it happen too many times now and a change in his mind has made him move and he'll be thinking that a new place is a new start and a new start means a new peace of mind and a kick start to his career.
Lewis knows that leaving all he's known since he was 13 is a big thing to do but also knows Ross Brawn is no fool,he took Micheal to 5 of the 7 world titles as well as jensans world title and there for Lewis knows although he's leaving an established team as maclaren Ross Brawn will be helping him the best he can an deep down i think Ross Brawns more releaved he's got a world class driver joining his team and yeah if Brawn faces the thruth that yeah micheals a great ambassador for F1 but he's too okd to get another title and Lewis will be the one to do it for his team and that Lewis's team mate will also back Lewis and the team.

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Did you ever hear of punctuation? ;)

to be fair, they really tried today :)

Lewis needs a script .
I read an interview where he said he basically has no chance next year .
His reasoning being , that he isn't involved in developing the car .
He recants slightly , saying that Michael and Nico will be doing a fine job , but he manages to diss a load of people in one fell swoop .



“Obviously I would love to win World Championship next year, but it all depends on how they develop the car,”
“I can’t be part of that development until next year, so the development that’s going on right now I won’t have anything to do with it. But I know Michael will be doing a solid job, and so will Nico.

“But I think the targets are for the future – 2014, 2015 – that’s when the rules change and that’s when I really want to target the World Championship.

“When you move to a new team that’s not been successful, it doesn’t just change like that.

“It takes months and months, maybe 12-14 months, and I anticipate that will be the case.”


Lewis would do well to remember that they have been successful . Perhaps not as Merc yet , but no need to write them off .
Why shouldn't it change just like that ? It did for Jensen at the same team with a different name .

I thought you guys all told me that this guy is a racer .
What the hell is he doing giving up before he's even started this new challenge of his ?

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Originally Posted by Bagwan

I read an interview where he said he basically has no chance next year.

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Where does he say that?

He's quoted as saying he'd like to win the championship in 2013. That depends on how Mercedes will develop the car. The development being done now by Michael and Nico is solid, but when a driver moves to a new team it takes time. His main target for the title is 2014/5.

That's not "giving up". That's perfectly realistic IMHO.

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Originally Posted by ArrowsFA1

Where does he say that?

He's quoted as saying he'd like to win the championship in 2013. That depends on how Mercedes will develop the car. The development being done now by Michael and Nico is solid, but when a driver moves to a new team it takes time. His main target for the title is 2014/5.

That's not "giving up". That's perfectly realistic IMHO.

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I guess my disappointment is with him not taking the opportunity to up his new team .
His target is 14/15 , as you say , but , whether that's realistic or not , why not speculate that it might be a good car ?
It's easily read , if a "realistic" view of what he said is taken , that he sees next year as "realistically' written off , without his input .

I should note as well , that Lewis is touted as being amply able to drive around problems .

Toss in the fact that they've been working with him for years as an engine supplier , and you might imagine they'd have a few of his traces around to look at , which would be a big advantage over bringing in someone they have no idea about .
They can tell a lot about a guy from throttle settings alone .
In that sense , he actually does have some input .

Don't give up , Lewis . It doesn't look so bad at all .

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Originally Posted by Bagwan

Lewis needs a script .
I read an interview where he said he basically has no chance next year .
His reasoning being , that he isn't involved in developing the car .
He recants slightly , saying that Michael and Nico will be doing a fine job , but he manages to diss a load of people in one fell swoop .



“Obviously I would love to win World Championship next year, but it all depends on how they develop the car,”
“I can’t be part of that development until next year, so the development that’s going on right now I won’t have anything to do with it. But I know Michael will be doing a solid job, and so will Nico.

“But I think the targets are for the future – 2014, 2015 – that’s when the rules change and that’s when I really want to target the World Championship.

“When you move to a new team that’s not been successful, it doesn’t just change like that.

“It takes months and months, maybe 12-14 months, and I anticipate that will be the case.”


Lewis would do well to remember that they have been successful . Perhaps not as Merc yet , but no need to write them off .
Why shouldn't it change just like that ? It did for Jensen at the same team with a different name .

I thought you guys all told me that this guy is a racer .
What the hell is he doing giving up before he's even started this new challenge of his ?

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Link? I think you're reading far more into his statements, dude.

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Originally Posted by gloomyDAY

Link? I think you're reading far more into his statements, dude.

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Link , eh ?
You don't believe it's a direct quote ?
If I was thinking of making it up , don't you think I could have come up with something a little more inflammatory ?

It sounds pretty obvious to me that he's written off next year when he says he's looking at success only after 12-14 months .

If you were working at Merc , designing next year's car , how would you feel having your new guy down-playing his chances because of your design ?