Team Talk

Heading into what is looking more and more likely to be a title deciding race in the morning we have yet more fighting words from within the McLaren camp. For a team that is so often a recluse, keeping things within the team this year is shocking.

As I expected Hamilton was brought up for his antics at Fiji but nothing was done about it. As I said before I didn’t agree with some his driving behind the pace car and was completely against the Kubica penalty. At best that was a racing incident. Both took different lines and they make it sound like Kubica intentional nailed him. In those sorts of conditions how can you really say that?!

I have to say I’m extremely disappointed in his childish ‘I’ll quit’ threats if he was penalised. A case of throwing the toys out of the pram. He needs to get some thick skin and learn this is how life goes when you are at the top of the mountain. Every champion at some stage has had their driving style discredited. Heck Schumacher was questioned left, right and centre at times. Never heard him or any others threaten to walk away. If I was to pin-point the chink in Hamilton’s armour, it’s his PR related skills. Better to have it there than on the track where he has been impeccable.

On the other side of the garage there are more war of words between Alonso and McLaren. I seriously wonder how he will last there next year if he doesn’t leave. Whatever claims about both sides been professional, I don’t think there is a way for there to be a professional relationship on either side of the fence. It’s akin to living in your ex-wife’s house after you have divorced. Every little small thing is setting them off.

I question what words were used when Alonso signed his contract. Granted he is a double world champion. Granted he has brought allot to the team. However his comments at time about his self-importance only choose to alienate him further and further. The more people talk the more it seems he might end up staying at the team which only further puts Alonso in an isolated position. It’s a much changed Alonso from last year. He hasn’t taken too been outside of his comfort zone at all well. When some people are rattled, we see the best of them. Others just get ragged and that is where we see Alonso at the moment. As a champion he is respected and for all these jabs at Schumacher for his ‘antics’, Alonso is colouring himself as no different with his egotistical and arrogant attitude towards his team.

He needs to drop the defeatist attitude he has had all weekend when he first claimed the race was over when Hamilton wasn’t reprimanded for his Fiji driving and then again pining his hopes on rain. I would fully expect Alonso, despite the gap to come out fighting. Take heart from Schumacher’s last stand at Interlargos last year.