Gary Anderson slams Mclaren over Button's gearbox issue

McLaren on Friday continued to play down criticism team flaws are hurting its drivers' chances of winning the 2012 world championship.

The latest criticism comes after Lewis Hamilton dominated Friday's proceedings at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.

In total contrast, his teammate Jenson Button managed only a handful of laps, with a double gearbox failure.

"We had an oil leak so we had to take the gearbox off then put it back on," revealed the 2009 world champion. "And then we found another problem, so they had to take it off again then put it back on again!"

Gary Anderson, a former F1 technical chief who is now an analyst for British television BBC, was unimpressed.

"This is a top team with a world champion in it challenging for the world championship," he said.

"It has been three and three-quarter hours now changing the gearbox -- it should be 30 minutes. It's not good enough.

"During that time Caterham have rebuilt the car of Heikki Kovalainen, who hit the wall," added Anderson.

Source:motorsport.com

Everyone knows this team is an embarrasment, anyone who disagrees is simply delusional. Failing to win a constructors title since 1998 says it all. The continual mistakes under the leadership of Martin Whitmarsh must surely be questioned. They have been appaling and embarrasing to watch as a team this season and not only are they doing their upmost to sabotage their driver's title chances but are also making Lewis' contract decision slightly easier.

It's only a matter of time before the next catastrophic mistake this weekend.