have won but the 'McLaren' factor came into play again. Having a quick look I'd say that Hamilton has lost between 80 and 100 points this year thanks to his team. Cracking work -- listening to McLaren peddaling their ideological clap-trap week in and week out about how they 'like to go racing' and how the 'exist to win' has now become quite nausiating. They sound so smug and arrogant they have become a parody of themselves. I'll ask again (even though it got modded out of a comment yesterday for some reason) what exactly has Sam Michaels brought to McLaren this year -- Williams bad fortune from last year? Whitmarsh was in the media yesterday blowing hot air about how Perez does not understand the pressure to win at McLaren yet.... If that is the case, why is the Team Principal totally immune to this pressure? How can he continue to preside over so many missed opportunities and own goals? Re Sam Michaels, he's the head of racetrack operations and he completely reworked the pitstops to be the fastest in the field. He has some level of overall responsibility for Jenson's set up problems during the year. If a part has a reliability issue in qualifying, his opinion would be significant in terms of replacing it or keeping the car in Parc Ferme conditions. He isn't part of the design team, so the ups and downs of the car performance would have relatively little to do with him. While