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'McLaren are regaining lost momentum'

Monday 30th August 2010

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'McLaren are regaining lost momentum'

'McLaren are regaining lost momentum'

McLaren boss Martin Whitmarsh believes the momentum is starting to swing back in his team's favour following Lewis Hamilton's Belgian GP victory.

Although McLaren held the lead in both Championship races up until the Hungarian GP, their points tally was largely due to their consistency rather than the pace of the car.

However, in Budapest, McLaren lost their leads to Red Bull and Mark Webber as the Aussie claimed his four victory of the season while McLaren were no match for Red Bull's pace.

The team, though, came back strong in Belgium on Sunday with Hamilton clinching his third win of the season to retake the advantage in the Drivers' Championship.

McLaren, though, weren't able to return to the front of the pack in the Constructors' battle after Sebastian Vettel put Jenson Button out of the grand prix.

But despite that, Whitmarsh believes the impetus is now moving back in McLaren's favour.

"We have some momentum back," he said. "We knew we had to come here and try for a win. We delivered that. And we are going to go to Monza now and see what we can do there.

"Everyone keeps asking how important each race is. This is a tight Championship so it doesn't matter if it is here, Monza - Singapore whatever.

"It is a tough Championship and the points swing backwards and forwards. They all count and we will be doing our best in all of them."

And although there is already some thought that Sunday's race could be pivotal in Hamilton and McLaren's title bid, Whitmarsh insists that all the remaining races, of which there are just six, will carry equal weight given how close the Championship battles are.

"I think it hinges all the way through. Every race is important, we've got to continue to improve the car, we've got to not make mistakes and we've got to continue to race well.

"I am sure Red Bull Racing will not stand still, and it will be a tough season, which I am sure it will be.

"People are saying that we are going to be very, very strong at Monza but I don't know how they deduce that. We aim to be as strong as we can, but I don't know how other people have such confidence. They have obviously got more information than me."

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