Martin Whitmarsh has hailed the current season as ‘probably one of the best in history’, thanks to the competitiveness of the top three teams which has seen five drivers fighting until the very end for the yet to be decided title.
The FOTA Chairman and McLaren team principal also urged that the team orders saga involving Ferrari, shouldn’t take away from what has been a great year for F1, even though he shares Christian Horner’s view that an Alonso win would be ‘frustrating.’
“I have lots of private views on the outcome. If anyone other than a McLaren driver wins the championship, it will be very frustrating,” Whitmarsh said during a Vodafone McLaren Mercedes phone-in.
“Red Bull have produced a fast car and have been highly competitive all year and Ferrari, you’ve got to give them credit regardless of the team orders debate and all those other things. They have gone from being really struggling mid-season to looking very competitive and Alonso is a formidable competitor.
“So we shouldn’t detract from what is probably one of the greatest Formula One championships in our history with issues about what teams did or didn’t do during the course of the year.
“It has been a fantastic championship and there are genuinely a number of contenders from three different teams competing for this championship.”
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