The Pit Stop Is Over

After remaining in the shadows of Ferraris and BMWs for the past few years,the team McLaren is showing its true colours this season.Though the chance to claim the constructors title is still hanging by thread its a better performance by the team and its drivers when compared with the results of the past five years.
Undoubtedly the fastest car of the season is none other than the MP4-20 rolled out by McLaren.It could be said that the car did justice to the team's immensely talented and flamboyant driver Kimi Raikkonen when taking into consideration of the fact that his fastest lap in some of the races were done at least two seconds faster than his nearest opponent.But the car gave him enough reasons to grimace too.Like when he had to start the race from the second half of the grid on more than one occasion due to engine failure though he had well qualified as a front runner.Or when he was forced by the car's engine to offer the winner's trophy to his arch rival on a silver platter as he was sailing to a seemingly comfortable win in the closing lap of a race.Such hapless incidents did serious injuries to his hopes of winning the driver's championship title.
Juan Pablo Montoya, less charismatic but no less a fighter than Kimi has had his share of problems too.Part of which could be attributed to the engine and part to the skillful driver himself.He won races for sure but he either failed to make it to the podium or be in the right position at the podium when it really mattered .On more than one occasion he was unable to keep himself at Raikkonen's tail thereby throwing the chance for McLaren to finish 1-2 after six long years.
Even then this is more than an impressive performance from the once mighty team who had a horrible first half in the last season.From the way Fernando Alonso and his team Renault is benefiting from the shortcomings of McLaren ,it might not be difficult for them to scale the heights of championship titles this season.But MP4-20s and the two spearheads who fit into its cockpits like hand in glove give a glimpse of the things that lie ahead in the coming seasons.