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Martin Whitmarsh has sought to explain the cause of some of the character flaws that have haunted Lewis Hamilton in recent months, revealing that in some ways, the 2008 F1 World Champion is the victim of a McLaren 'experiment'

McLaren's partnership with engine-supplier Mercedes-Benz - believed to have been on rocky ground for some time - could culminate in divorce as soon as the end of the 2009 F1 World Championship campaign, it has been rumoured, with reports that BMW is set to fill the breach.

F1 has a lot of tidying up to do if it is to re-establish its reputation after degenerating to such an extent that it is now 'worse than Eastenders' with its succession of high-profile, tabloid-fodder scandals - that is the opinion of Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner.