2009 F1 Predictions

Second place...

I think McLaren will be the best car next year, but nevertheless will be second for the following reasons.

1. With the huge financial clout they already have and being multiplied by charismatic Lewis Hamilton, they have had the most resources of any team in the grid to focus on 2008 and 2009 developments. I don't think they have done any less than what a team like BMW may have done by focusing solely on 2009 since mid-season 2008.
2. You only have to look no further than 1998, where there were significant changes last time and they moved from fourth to first. So essentially McLaren adapt to changes well. The more changes there are, the better will they get.
3. Lewis Hamilton is going to be more or less unstoppable now. I predicted soon after Japan 2008 that he has now become almost perfect. Click here for more information. He's definitely going to prove the worth of the car. His childhood dream of becoming WDC has now been realised, and he's now working on his manhood dream of that McLaren F1 LM.
4. Nevertheless, I don't think Lewis Hamilton will become WDC because I think he's not ready to be champion in front of a motivated Felipe or a focused Kimi.
5. Kovalainen will let McLaren down in 2009 too. He's just lost his heart over what's happened in 2008.

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