Lewis keeps the faith, but fears Red Bull charge

Although no-one is able to lift a finger to help develop the MP4-25 for the next two weeks, Lewis Hamilton has said that he will be chivvying the McLaren team to unlock the car’s latest secrets ahead of the resumption of the F1 world championship in Belgium.

The Briton recorded only his second DNF of the season in Hungary at the weekend, but it was enough to cost him the lead of the drivers’ championship, while McLaren also lost its grip on the constructors’ standings as Red Bull Racing recorded a 1-3 result.

With the Woking team seemingly unable to tame the ‘blown diffuser’ system it debut at Silverstone three weeks ago, Hamilton is concerned that Red Bull duo Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel will be able to pull away in the points race, with Ferrari also causing McLaren headaches as it returns to form with its own version of the RBR diffuser concept.

“If they continue with the pace they have, then we really don’t have a huge hope,” the 2008 world champion admitted to Reuters, “We’re holding on by a thin thread at the moment, and it’s going to be very hard [over] these [remaining] seven races.

“I’m going to be on the tail of all the team [when they return after the mandatory summer break], making sure that they’re not missing anything. I just think something is not enabling the car to work correctly and, rather than thinking it’s a huge thing, it might be one small thing that is only half the problem.

“I feel it’s just as much my job to kick them as it is for them to kick me, but I do believe that we can catch [Red Bull] – if anyone can do it, we can.”

The 25-year old also admitted that it was probably the right time to be suffering a setback, with almost half the season still remaining to be run.

“At this stage of the season, to be this far off, and also to have a DNF, whilst we are still in the hunt for the championship, it’s obviously serious. It’s a case where we have to pool every little resource we have and to be the most united we have ever been.

“It’s probably happening at the right time for us to step back, take a breather and assess the situation. When you’re in the midst of the tension, the stress and the pressure, there are some things you miss.”

Hamilton’s comments will no doubt frustrate former team boss Ron Dennis, the man who signed him to McLaren as a young kart racer but who now claims that his drivers need to concentrate on raising their own game.

“We have a very good race car,” Dennis claimed in the build-up to the Hungarian GP, “so I find it infuriating when my guys say ‘I wish I was on the front row’ and build in the perception that we’re giving them cars less capable of winning races. I guess it’s the nature of drivers.”

source-http://www.f1.co.uk

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