McLaren upbeat

Despite being beaten to the chequered flag on Sunday, Vodafone McLaren Mercedes are happy.

They have performed an incredible turnaround in performance in a season which the team's managing director, Jonathan Neale, refers to as having "the biggest regulation changes in 20 years".

These prescribed a shift from grip delivered via aerodynamic downforce to that provided by the tires. The aim was to increase overtaking and - with five winners from 11 races so far - it seems to have worked.