Makes sense. I think one of the biggest things Lewis has needed and been largely lacking is a mentor-figure, at least as far as his racing career goes. Someone like Lauda (I'd imagine) would be a prime candidate.
I'm so conflicted after this weekend. I went in thinking Lewis was more of a douche than I'd ever thought, now I'm kinda liking him again. Wasn't a fan of Chilton but he managed to keep his nose clean for the most part. I'm not minding Sutil being there as much, mostly because of his performance. Also thought that Massa was just going to do "okay" and more hoping he'd be good rather than expecting it, but he really came into his own for the most part. And McLaren... fucking hell. I honestly couldn't believe just how much bad shit Button was saying about the car, but for the most part it seems that he's bang-on. Had no idea they'd be as bad as they were. Williams 2.0.
But it's good, though. I'd much rather have my preconceptions challenged rather than confirmed. Helps me learn a lot more about the sport I love.
I think Lewis had a mentor at McLaren while Ron Denis was in charge, you can see once Ron left his day to day role Lewis' performance levels dropped off and he seemed distracted. McLaren as a team weren't getting the best out of their number one driver, and that is something Whitmarsh needs to answer for. Whitmarsh pushed Lewis out of the team, they can say what they like about money, but the reality is that Lewis was frustrated about the lack of focus at the team and the splitting of resources that didn't favour the fastest driver hampering his WDC charge every fucking season.
If Mercedes can get their tyre wear sorted to make two stoppers more viable then Lewis has a very good chance of challenging for the title.
Now McLaren are looking at the abyss, Whitmarsh has pushed out the star driver and engineer, they are leaking sponsors and they have fallen far, far behind the competition with the MP4-28. It's a fucking dire situation and I fear for McLaren, even though I love Lewis, I love McLaren more, to me they are the greatest racing team to grace F1 so much awesome tech and focus. I don't want them to end up like Williams, but I can only think of one way they ensure the relevancy, which is a big, big money move for Adrian Newey and Seb to come over, tell Jenson to fuck off and have a clear out at the top with Whitmarsh falling on his sword.
