McLaren believes that it can handle it's duo Button-Hamilton better than it did Alonso-Hamilton or Senna-Prost in the late 1980s.
"We feel confident that, as an organisation, we'll be able to manage the demands and expectations of our drivers," Martin Whitmarsh told the Independent.
Pairs of champions have not always worked very well in Formula 1 in the past. Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost were one example, as were Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso in 2007.
McLaren now aligns the two last champions of Formula 1 in Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton. The team is nevertheless convinced it will all go for the better.
"Lewis and Jenson are both world champions, they know what it takes to win, and I'm sure they'll both be very motivated to push each other to deliver even greater results.
"My job is to manage that racer's instinct: they are there to race each other - and the only instruction they'll receive from me is to respect each other on the track. But that's it - other than that, they're free to race."
Brawn insisted it will not allow Button to work with his new team until the end of his present contract. Starting in January though, the new champion will have lots to do to adapt to his new environment.
"One of the most important tasks will be to get Jenson familiarised with our procedures: how we work at McLaren and how we go racing,” said Whitmash. “He'll need to start putting names to faces, of course, but it should all be a very straightforward job for someone of his experience."
Some drivers, like Alonso or Juan Pablo Montoya before him, simply never felt home at McLaren. This was not a problem for Hamilton that was part of the team’s plan since he was 11 years old.
"We feel confident that, as an organisation, we'll be able to manage the demands and expectations of our drivers," Martin Whitmarsh told the Independent.
Pairs of champions have not always worked very well in Formula 1 in the past. Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost were one example, as were Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso in 2007.
McLaren now aligns the two last champions of Formula 1 in Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton. The team is nevertheless convinced it will all go for the better.
"Lewis and Jenson are both world champions, they know what it takes to win, and I'm sure they'll both be very motivated to push each other to deliver even greater results.
"My job is to manage that racer's instinct: they are there to race each other - and the only instruction they'll receive from me is to respect each other on the track. But that's it - other than that, they're free to race."
Brawn insisted it will not allow Button to work with his new team until the end of his present contract. Starting in January though, the new champion will have lots to do to adapt to his new environment.
"One of the most important tasks will be to get Jenson familiarised with our procedures: how we work at McLaren and how we go racing,” said Whitmash. “He'll need to start putting names to faces, of course, but it should all be a very straightforward job for someone of his experience."
Some drivers, like Alonso or Juan Pablo Montoya before him, simply never felt home at McLaren. This was not a problem for Hamilton that was part of the team’s plan since he was 11 years old.