McLaren aren’t ruling out a Lewis Hamilton victory in Belgium despite his lowly seventh place starting position.
The second McLaren of Jenson Button will start on pole after the pair went in different directions with their setups. Button opted for low-downforce whilst Hamilton opted for the opposite.
Technical director Paddy Lowe believes the latter’s strategy could pay-off in the race as the setup should be kinder to its tyres.
“They are both capable of winning it, I would say,” Lowe insisted.
“Last year Jenson came from 13th to third. It is a long race and it is a circuit at which you can overtake relatively more easily than most places.
“And it is difficult to predict which one is better – although one would expect a high downforce configuration to be better for tyre materials,” he added.
“We will see how that pans out because it will be different; it will allow different strategy choices.”
