Mercedes gets heavy weights Geoff Willis and Aldo Costa

There used to be a time when Groff Willis was in the news every other day (like Andrian Newey is now a days), though I must admit not for good reasons. He has some really decent credentials which unfortunately are belittled due to his lackluster tenure at Honda. Willis and Newey worked together at Williams for many years, the former recruiting Willis to Williams when he joined the team, so its a surprise that it didn't work well for him when he joined RedBull racing as a Technical Director, reporting to Newey.

Aldo Costa had a better time at F1 compared to Willis. Although he started with Minardi, he moved up to the role of technical director at Ferrari, but later relinquished it in May 2011, a hint at him joining Mercedes perhaps.

Only time will tell how good these recruits are for Mercedes, for sure Michael and Brawn have experience working with Costa but Willis career has gone from a high to a low and there have been times when he was accused of things which people don't take lightly in F1. Though in all fairness, Hondas best years were when Willis was working with them.

Mercedes are clearly showing their intention to get the right people at the right places, I just hope they don't go the BAR/Honda way.

Whats the deal with McLarens drivers?

I am surprised how everyone is quick to bring up lewis's team mate playing 2nd fiddle all the time. What about the Schumi days of team orders. Wonder how many championships he would of lost because his team mate didnt slow down and let him through. But with Heikki, he never really ever out raced Lewis, he out Qualified him occasionally but then just dropped down the field.
I think JB will give Lewis a more run for his money will be nice to see how these two perform against each other. But then what better way then to be in an equal car with some one with real talent. I personally would do it, what best way to compare against Alonso, Schumi and now Lewis. He proved his worth against the first five races of results and compare to alonso there wasnt much of a difference and he was a total rookie. Course hes not perfect but then name one driver who was?
I cant think of any.