"Jenson will be have a very positive influence on our development over the winter so that we can start testing the new car very aggressively from February. "I had a new race engineer in 2010 and with one season under our belts, we can be even stronger next year. "Obviously, our 2010 car was quite a significant update of our '09 car, but now we have a very good baseline from which to evolve this car. "Jenson's arrival made us a stronger team and our joint input helped us to stay in the hunt until the very end. "My feeling is that we learned a lot as a team this year - we had a very positive atmosphere within the organisation from the start of the year, and we only built on that during the season. "And that will stand us in good stead for next season, when we can be even more competitive. "I come away from this season having learned and developed as a driver," said the 2008 champion. Lewis Hamilton said defeat at the hands of their Red Bull rivals will make McLaren even tougher to beat in 2011.ĭespite their ranking as one of the pre-season favourites the Woking operation emerged as the third force in F1 behind Red Bull and Ferrari.īut at the final race in Abu Dhabi they finally got a handle on their performance issues and lived up to their ranking with two cars on the podium and both fighting for victory.Īnd that, says Hamilton, has laid a promising platform for next year.
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