McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh has been quick to counter suggestions Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button could clash when they become team-mates next season.

The decision of the new World Champion to leave Brawn - now Mercedes - GP for Woking has raised eyebrows, with questions immediately asked about whether the two British title winners can work together.
Memories of Fernando Alonso's ill-fated stint at McLaren are still fresh - the Spaniard leaving after just one season after the team failed to give him preferential treatment over then rookie Hamilton.
However, Whitmarsh is adamant his drivers will again receive no team orders and predicted that, far from clashing, both drivers will instead use their competitive instincts to push the team forward.
""We feel confident that, as an organisation, we'll be able to manage the demands and expectations of our drivers,"" he told The Independent.
""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. It's my job to positively harness that competitiveness for the greater benefit of the team.
""It's a proposition that some teams might find troubling, but which we are absolutely relishing - it's a very nice problem to have! We have two fiercely competitive individuals who both fully understand the benefit of teamwork.
""They are phenomenal team players. 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.""
Familiarity Even so, with Button only due to be released from his current contract with Mercedes GP at the end of the year, Whitmarsh admitted that McLaren will not have as much time as they would like getting their new driver up to speed with his new working environment.
""We've always traditionally involved our drivers in the development of the car, and the most important thing we can do in the early days of our relationship is to get Jenson to look at what we do, evaluate it and to ask questions and make suggestions,"" he added.
""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. 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."" (Source: The Independent)