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Mixed feelings for Moss over McLaren line-up

Sir Stirling Moss believes Formula 1 fans are likely to see a tremendous battle between McLaren's all-Champion pairing this season. Although the former championship runner-up believes Jenson Button is taking a risk in lining up alongside Lewis Hamilton, Moss does believe that this season's rules could favour the ex Brawn man.

With Button moving into McLaren for 2010 and Hamilton preparing to start his fourth season with the Woking team, Moss admires the former's courage in undertaking such a task. "I reckon he's putting his head in the lion's mouth, you know," Sir Stirling smiled when talking to GPUpdate.net at the Autosport show.

"Lewis is one of the fastest drivers in the world, that is for sure - he's a racer. I think he(Button)'s going to have a job, I must say. I said to him, 'Why did you do it?' and he said, 'I like the competition' - well, good luck to him and I think, whatever happens, he is good; he carries himself well and I think next year the regulations could quite well favour him, actually, so let's see."

Like most, Moss struggles to predict a winner in what promises to be a highly-competitive year. "It's very open," he continued. "We've got people like Alonso and he's going to be obviously very fast, and Vettel…I think there's quite a lot of people up there who are going to be tough to beat next year."


Sir Stirling's video interview can be seen in full at GPUpdate TV

Also on Wednesday: Button and Hamilton meet in Woking

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