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With just six races remaining Red Bull and McLaren bosses have ruled out putting all their resources behind their drivers that are battling it out at the head of the championship table, each believing that both their drivers still have equal championship chances.
After taking the win in yesterday’s Belgian grand prix, Lewis Hamilton moved back into the championship lead and is now thirty five points ahead of his teammate, Jenson Button, who currently sits in fourth place with six races and a hundred and fifty points still remaining.
"I've been with both drivers tonight – and Jenson was saying to Lewis: 'I'm 35 points behind but I still have to nail you'," McLaren team boss Whitmarsh told Autosport. "And that is how it should be. It does fluctuate, but Jenson was very, very unlucky in my opinion. I think that he should have scored points and he should have been right up there. It can change very quickly in the next few races."
Meanwhile, over at Red Bull, Mark Webber’s second place to teammate Sebastian Vettel’s non points finish means the Aussie driver is twenty eight points ahead in second place, three behind Hamilton. However, this is little more than a race win and despite Webber’s beliefs that the time id almost here to back one driver over the other, team boss Christian Horner is far from convinced that this is the right way to go right now...
"There are 150 points still available and the two guys have broken away a little bit from the rest of the pack - with the other three title protagonists not scoring. But I think it is still too early to be contemplating that. All five are still in this championship and, with the way the points scoring is, the gaps can look deceptive because, while they look quite large, in reality they can reduce dramatically very, very quickly. 150 points are still on the board, and it is a bit premature to be talking about that at the moment." |
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