Martin Brundle has tipped “acrobatic” Lewis Hamilton to win in the power-struggle at McLaren and come out on top over fellow Brit, Jenson Button.
When asked who his money was on in a head-to-head over the entire race season, Brundle replied, without hesitation, “Lewis.” He then added that he felt having the two Brits in one team was fantastic for British motorsport and believes that the two will push each other as hard as possible.
“Jenson looks good and is not a world champion for no good reason. But it’s hard to win back-to-back championships. I think Lewis will be massively motivated to get the No1 back on his car. For me there’s a bigger difference, and that is no refueling this year, which will mean cars that are five seconds per lap slower at the beginning of the race than at the end because of a fat fuel load; 225 litres on board. And I think the cars will change through the race. And Lewis is a more acrobatic driver in that he can adapt to a car,” Brundle told SportingIntelligence.com.
“Jenson showed us last year that he really struggles if the car’s not purring. He’s got such a precise driving style that if the car won’t live with that style he’s got nowhere to go.”
Commenting on the return of seven-time world champion, Michael Schumacher, Brundle told the media, “I think he got through his to-do list in three months when he retired. Then he got bored, started riding motorbikes, bounced down the track on his head at 120mph.
“I said to him ‘What are you riding bikes on track for? You’re crazy.’ He said ‘I’ve only had 12 accidents. It’s fine.’ And he meant it. He said it thought that it was fine to have 12 accidents.”
Brundle, who will again be a key part of the BBC’s coverage of F1, concluded by saying that their are many rivalries on track, “McLaren and Mercedes Benz have split; you’ve got Hamilton versus Button; Schumacher versus everybody from what I can work out and it’s going to be quite spectacular.”
However he did state that he believes that there are only four teams that have a chance of winning the two championships, “which is Ferrari, McLaren, Mercedes and Red Bull but there are a lot of other fast cars out there as well.”
Original article: www.sportingintelligence.com
