Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton told by McLaren to fight it out for F1 crown
Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton have been given the go-ahead for an all-out war for next year's Formula One world title.
Boss Martin Whitmarsh said he is only asking one thing of Vodafone McLaren's two world champions - respect for each other.
Despite Hamilton spending more than a decade under the wing of a team which has £5million invested in his career - and where he won the world title - Whitmarsh has said McLaren will not favour one driver over the other.
And that offers the mouth-watering prospect of two top drivers unleashed in the same team with the same equipment, facing the reality that the only thing making the difference is their talent.
It heralds a return to the most exciting days in the sport's history when Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost went head-to-head in 1988 and 1989. Ironically, those two are the respective heroes of the current duo.
Source: Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton told by McLaren to fight it out for F1 crown
Boss Martin Whitmarsh said he is only asking one thing of Vodafone McLaren's two world champions - respect for each other.
Despite Hamilton spending more than a decade under the wing of a team which has £5million invested in his career - and where he won the world title - Whitmarsh has said McLaren will not favour one driver over the other.
And that offers the mouth-watering prospect of two top drivers unleashed in the same team with the same equipment, facing the reality that the only thing making the difference is their talent.
It heralds a return to the most exciting days in the sport's history when Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost went head-to-head in 1988 and 1989. Ironically, those two are the respective heroes of the current duo.
Source: Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton told by McLaren to fight it out for F1 crown
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