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Newey took too much credit for what happened in 98. It was more a case of a great Mercedes engine. Something Ferrari realized then and tried to use Beryllium and after failing asked FIA to ban it.
Newey has on his records many crappy cars like the Williams 94. This year's McLaren is not the first one. The real question is how good Mercedes is going to be next year. That is what is going the determine how good Mclaren will be. Newey is good but not as good as people make him out to be.
Going back to the tires. I think McLaren was let down since 2000. Why would Bridgestone provide only one type of tires in Japan if it was not to help Ferrari. Specially if those tires would force all the teams to use the same pit stop strategy
If Michelin does not give a good treatment to McLaren they could be the first team to use Goodyear in 2003. Goodyear might have been out of F1 but they have experience in grooved tires.
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