McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh says he has no idea who will win the Bahrain Grand Prix this weekend, following some unpredictable racing this season.
Whilst McLaren are thought to have the best car, they’ve only won one in three races thanks to Jenson Button’s Australian victory. Meanwhile, Fernando Alonso took victory for Ferrari in Malaysia and Nico Rosberg for Mercedes in China.
Whitmarsh says he has very few regrets despite failing to win more races.
“Overall, what can we regret? We can regret that Lewis [Hamilton] had a [gearbox] grid penalty and got put back. Otherwise he would have been in the front and could have controlled the race,” he said.
“Another regret is we didn’t get Jenson [Button] out in clear air, but I think the strategy, three stops, was the right way to go if you are going to race through the traffic and we did that.
“I think we are competitive, and the important thing is we have two great racing drivers. If we can qualify better than we did here [China], then I think we can race well.”
The 53-year-old is confident McLaren will do well in Bahrain, but says he wouldn’t be making any predictions in light of recent results, which he admits have been ‘fascinating’.
“We’ve had three very different races and I think we are going to have potentially 20 very different races this year,” he added. “I think that’s fascinating in a sense.
“I enjoy it and I think people watching really enjoy it. Who’s going to predict who will win in Bahrain? I won’t. I have no idea whatsoever. I’d like to think it’s us, but we’ll see when we get there.”
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