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With the tussle to be the best Formula 1 driver for the 2010 season so tight,

McLaren driver, Lewis Hamilton, 2008 champion will be put to a further test today in Germany.

To add to his
anxiety, McLaren have come out to say they will not favour Hamilton
over his partner, Jenson Button, but there are no doubts as to who the
leader of the team is, at least presently.

Martin Whitmarsh,
McLaren Team Principal was non-committal on who their leading driver is
between Hamilton and Button ahead of today’s race. He said, “I am sure
Button hasn’t given way to Hamilton’s championship charge.” “He’ll want
to win this weekend, he’ll want to move that momentum back in his
favour – and that’s how it should be”, Whitmarsh continued on Button’s
chances in Hockenheim.

Hamilton won the
last race at Hockenheim in 2008, his break out season and he is
relishing another victory with new innovations to be tested by the
racing team.

Hamilton told
motorracingnetwork.com, “I won the last race at Hockenheim in 2008 – we
had a fantastic car, I got pole position and had a great battle through
the field after a mid-race safety car to win. Whitmarsh also said on
the new additions, “We’ve come off an extremely successful run of
recent races, but we’re nonetheless under no illusions that we need to
bring further performance to the MP4-25 if we are to remain at the
forefront of this championship battle.” Hamilton has picked up 86
points from a possible 100 in the last four races with wins in Turkey
and Canada helping him to first place and a 12 point lead over Button.
Today’s race will be quite tricky with conditions expected to very wet
and overcast.

Schumacher thinking of 2011

And as the two British drivers continue to hassle each other for first position,

seven-time winner, Michael Schumacher is already thinking of next
year. He confessed that being away from the circuit for three years had
taken something away. He told the BBC, “I am away three years and just
to come back and start exactly where I finished with maybe a car that
doesn’t allow me to right now is probably unrealistic. I am not a
magician either. It just needs time. I take that time. I enjoy most of
all this process.” Schumacher is ninth in the drivers’ championship
leader board, 109 points from McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton but he is happy
with his performances. “Perfectly happy with my own performance is
probably wrong to say. But put it this way: yes, there is an
expectation out there which, I think you have to be realistic, is
impossible to meet.” There are still eight races to go after Germany
and right now none of the drivers can be ruled out and that makes this
season a very interesting one to watch.