Wherever McLaren and the rest of FOTA are racing in 2010, the new car from Woking will be at top form. This is an excellent strategy for all who are at the bottom. With Lewis now at the top of the P2 timesheets, it is apparent they have now discovered the fix to their problems. I would not be surprised if both of the mods will be on both cars by the next race, if not by tomorrow and Sunday.

The may well be leaving if FIA holds fast then what will the new design specs be may be they should hold off a bit as Im sure Ferrari will want them to suit their team first and it seems FOTA is Ferrari's Mouth piece.

UHH guys, you forget one thing, WILL there be a next season. At the way things are going, FOTA might actually be hosting their own championship.

I'm conflicted by this article. Trying different new parts on each car is a bold move. Either it opens two new paths for development, or it is a scatter-gun approach. I incline toward the later, since how is McLaren going to integrate these new parts into one package ? What if the new front wing doesn't work well with the new floor ?

it would help if the regs for next year were drastically different to this years, they are not so continuing on with the 24 is logical!

Fine, but you should have considered it 3 months ago to be honest. Still, hindsight's a wonderful thing

Doing a 'Honda'? You mean departing F1. Well then tootles cupcake.

Whitmarsh ponders 'doing a Honda'. What, do you mean spend four years in the doldrums then pull out of F1?

Good move Martin but you need to know the tech specs first.

@philtypr They sacked the test teams mate, now there is so little testing it is very hard to turn around a bad car. Sounds like a cunning plan Mr Whitmarsh.

Ltes hope they use a decent testing team this time, and i don't mean just the drivers, the whole test team and managemnet are responsible for the rubbish car this year

might be helpfull to know the 2010 rules first...thanks Max

May as well this years car is a dog.

So is this the future of motorsport teams? 1 season of competitive racing, followed by a season of recovery and developing next years car, followed by a competitive season etc etc etc.

Drop this year Martin old boy, there is no sense in wasting money on it