Hamilton’s word Attack on Red Bull

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Dramatic Changes to MP4-26 increasing the Hamilton Confidence as much that he had started a word war against the Red Bull

First He has dismissed last year's Formula One world champions Red Bull as just a 'drinks company' and claimed McLaren and Ferrari will do everything in their powers to reassert their dominance of the sport.

'I am 100 per cent certain that neither McLaren nor Ferrari will ever let that happen,' he said.

'They [Red Bull] have not been there as long as our teams. Our teams have got status they would like to keep.

'For many, many years it has been McLaren and Ferrari at the front and now we have got a new team that has come and knocked us off the top. But I am really certain that either team will do absolutely everything in their power to make sure they can remain at the top.

'Red Bull are not a manufacturer, they are a drinks company. It's a drinks company versus McLaren/Ferrari history. I don't know what their plan is. Our team is building to become a bigger manufacturer, like Ferrari, and I can only see our team being there for a ridiculous amount of time. It is a pure-bred racing team.'

Hamilton did conceded, however, that Vettel already had a ‘ridiculously fast car' for next season, while Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso would also be extremely competitive this year.

Hamilton’s McLaren team-mate Jenson Button, meanwhile, is staying optimistic despite the disappointing pre-season testing, claiming he is confident his team can turn the MP4-26 into a race-winning car.

‘I'm ready and when the car is ready I will be at the front and I will win races. Just because we don't have a winning car right now, that doesn't mean it won't become a world championship-winning car,' he said.

The Formula One season kicks off in Australia at the weekend after the original opening grand prix in Bahrain was cancelled due to mounting civil unrest.

In another news he said that
Red Bull clearly favour world champion Sebastian Vettel, whatever they may claim about giving Mark Webber equal treatment.

Asked if the Australian stood a chance of winning the title this year, Hamilton said it would be difficult for a man who crossed the line at Silverstone last year with the words: “Not bad for a No 2 driver.”

Webber also claimed during the heat of battle last year that his success was “an inconvenience” to Red Bull’s Austrian ownership.

“It appears to me that it is a clear No 1 team,” Hamilton said. “That is how it appears from the outside. Mark has also stated it hasn’t he? You can only take it from what he says and what it looks like from outside.”