X-mas time announcement for driver line up

By Natasha Jay
November 13 2006

Mclaren are in no rush to announce their driver driver line up, with Martin Whitmarsh saying it will not be known until christmas time who will occupy the vacant seat in the team.

Mclaren are in no rush to announce their driver driver line up, with Martin Whitmarsh saying it will not be known until christmas time who will occupy the vacant seat in the team. Mclaren will make Lewis Hamilton and Pedro De la Rosa wait, to find out who has secured a 2007 McLaren race-seat alongside Double World Champion, Fernando Alonso. Speaking to Speed TV, Mclaren's CEO stated: "We'll announce our decision sometime before Christmas," Also completly ruling out Gary Paffett from the running, narrowing it down to two contenders, Hamilton and De la Rosa. "Clearly Lewis is a strong contender and so is Pedro. We're not looking anywhere else."