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McLaren racing director Eric Boullier admits it is important for the team to have experienced drivers due to their current predicament.
It has been a tough year for Woking squad as their power unit supplier Honda has struggled to come to grips with the engine regulations following their return to the sport.
As a result, Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button have found themselves struggling at the wrong end of the grid, but Boullier feels that having veteran drivers will help the team to move forward.
"Both have the credibility, and that is very important," he told Autosport. "When each of them says something, everybody is listening and everybody is trusting them to the point where they will try to fix it. That's a big change.
"If you have two junior drivers, you will be tempted to teach them what to do rather than listening to what they want.
"When you are in the situation where we are now, it's good that Honda and McLaren listen to drivers.
"They give the guidance from the past on where we need to go."
There have been talk that McLaren could change their line-up in 2016 and Button is reportedly the man who is likely to make way for either Stoffel Vandoorne or Kevin Magnussen, but Boullier is giving nothing away.
"We are happy today with both drivers," he said.
"I can't comment more than this and I don't want to create a wrong or bad or untrue expectation.
"We are happy with the situation today."
Williams are retaining their driver line-up of Valtteri Bottas and Felipe Massa for the 2016 season.
Bottas, 26, is in his third season with the team and had been linked with a move to Ferrari for next year before they re-signed Kimi Raikkonen.
Williams considered signing McLaren's Jenson Button if Bottas had left.
Brazilian Massa, 34, joined Williams in 2014 and is currently fifth in the drivers' championship, three points ahead of his team-mate.
Williams are third in the constructors' championship, behind Mercedes and Ferrari.
Bottas, who finished fourth in the drivers' title last year, said two weeks ago the Ferrari rumours were unsettling, adding: "For sure, it doesn't do any good to my and the [Williams] team's relationship."
Team principal Sir Frank Williams said: "To be able to enter a third season with one of the strongest driver line-ups on the grid puts Williams in a fantastic position to continue its momentum towards the front of the grid in 2016."
Williams, powered by Mercedes engines, have been one of the strongest teams on the grid in the past two seasons but have not won a race since the 2012 Spanish Grand Prix.
Next year's line-up is taking shape, and earlier this week German driver Nico Hulkenberg signed a new two-year deal to stay at Force India.
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Place is steeped in history though, the old banking is just awesome, but the have recently refaced it all, so now it lost a lot of its patina.
Our apprentices from work went on a trip there last year and got to drive round the banking, not a single one of them knew the significance of the place.
Read's son lives local to me, known him a long time, always have a beer and a chat when we are in the pub together.
Main TT is first 2 weeks of June, crazy event, cant bring myself to go , have a few good mates ride it and its a scary place to go.
I met Read last year , and had a picture taken , never normally do that , but made an exception seeing as it was him.
F1 really needs a complete overhaul.
Article: Mercedes F1 team posts £76.9million loss for 2014 season
Mercedes has revealed making a loss of almost £77million in the 2014 Formula 1 season it dominated on track to win both the drivers' and constructors' championships.
Mercedes-Benz Grand Prix Ltd, the company name of the Mercedes F1 team, has released its financial accounts up to the end of 2014.
On track, Mercedes achieved what the report - signed off by motorsport boss Toto Wolff - describes as "unprecedented success".
In clinching the constructors' championship, and with Lewis Hamilton winning the drivers' crown, Mercedes scored a record 16 grand prix wins, along with 15 other podiums, that included a record-breaking 11 one-twos.
This high level of accomplishment that "exceeded expectations" triggered numerous staff bonuses, and in conjunction with the introduction of the new 1.6-litre V6 turbo-charged hybrid power units, resulted in the £76.9m loss, a rise of £25.8m compared to 2013.
Explaining the increased deficit, the report states "operating costs rose by £49.5m [£190.7m in 2013 to £240.2m in 2014] due to significantly higher performance bonuses payable as a consequence of the record-breaking level of sporting performance, and also increased costs arising from regulation change".
Another significant impact was a rise in wages from £49.7m in 2013 to £65.2m last year, however, the report claims the overall loss was "within the pre-defined parameters set by the shareholders".
That is despite the fact turnover rose by £21.7m [£125.2m in 2013 to £146.9m in 2014] courtesy of "higher sponsorship revenue and increased income from the Commercial Rights Holder flowing from improved on-track performance in 2013".
Mercedes is expecting an improvement in revenues for the future, notably based on its performance on track.
The report adds: "Now that the Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team has been established as one of the top teams in F1, the challenge is to sustain that position by continuing to compete for the championships in every season.
"The directors have every confidence this goal can be achieved given the current platform of a world-class workforce, the best race driver line-up, best-in-class technical infrastructure and support from Mercedes-Benz, Petronas and other partners.
"The agreement with the Commercial Rights Holder has provisions for significantly increased revenue flows based on sporting performance, some of which will be triggered in 2015 as a result of the team's performance in 2014.
"The directors are confident the team will meet the required performance criteria for further revenue enhancements in the coming years."
The report also claims Mercedes "remains committed to achieving cost reduction in F1 in a fair and transparent way".
It adds it "is confident arrangements can be put in place for all teams to reduce the overall cost of participation in F1, without detracting from the sporting and competitive attraction".
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He was taken out on a stretcher but gave the thumbs up.
There is n way any other engine company would want to get in after seeing honda struggle.
I love watching races even though they are boring as a Saturday nite without alcohol sometimes,
Looked like they were unprotected concrete last 20 feet before intersecting with track edge..
Be a real snot ejector if you go off in one of those corners.
..and he is in the car driving today, but very sore.
Sux for mad Max ....
Putin kissing Bernie's ass looks hilarious.
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