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With Heikki now on his way to McLaren an important question will have to be answered. Does the McLaren team have enough experience?

One of the most widely quoted complaints from Alonso last year was that he felt that he'd given 0.6 seconds a lap and he felt the team wasn't giving him anything in return. What this may have been is a reaction to Lewis's lack of experience. We know he was used to Fisi chiming in with ideas. But Lewis wasn't able to give him that. Obviously he'll have the same problem at Renault this year - but he'll still be able to trust himself. Can the same be said over at McLaren?

There you will have two relative newcomers which will leave them quite disadvantaged when unusual setups are required.

At this point you have to say Ferrari look strongest to win next year. Renault have a long way to haul themselves back into contention (although McLaren almost did it last year) and McLaren have a driver line up lacking in experience and have been hamstrung in car development. Whereas Ferrari have consistency.

The others can both do it but Ferrari have to be favourite. And don't forget BMW they could really put some noses out of joint next year.

As Alonso goes back to what he knows he will be faced with an interesting challenge in the shape of team mate Nelson Piquet Jr

While Alonso will be afforded a separate garage and team in a highly unusual fashion - Renault have been able to announce a new mega sponsor Slim who insisted that they would only race with Piquet on the team.

I hope the isolation strategy of demanding a separate garage doesn't make Alonso feel alone again.

I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue, is one of my favourite radio programs. In the show this week they "received" a letter from a Mrs Trellis of North Wales which read,

"Dear Lewis,

I'm sorry you missed out on winning the world championship, this must have been terrible for you, especially after losing Morse so recently."

Anyway, in other news here's an interesting interview with Lewis:

Imagine you run Force India. You want to move your team forward so you want a superfast rookie, but you also want a bit of experience so when something goes wrong with your car somebody knows what it was. As you sit back with a bottle of Kingfisher you are asking yourself to ponder the following question: who is less crap Fisi or Ralf?

Which is it?