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# Lewis Hamilton welcomes input from McLaren team-mate Jenson Button
## Lewis Hamilton believes a full winter testing programme alongside Jenson
Button could be crucial to McLaren's hopes in the 2011 Formula One season. as
![Lewis Hamilton welcomes input from McLaren team-mate Jenson Button][1]
Good communication: Lewis Hamilton and McLaren team-mate Jenson Button Photo:
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By Telegraph staff 4:34PM GMT 17 Nov 2010
Button only joined the Woking-based team at the start of this year after
switching from Brawn GP following his title-winning 2009 campaign, and
Hamilton is confident having his fellow Briton to share the development of the
new car will only enhance its performance.
''I think Jenson will be have a very positive influence on our development
over the winter so that we can start testing the new car very aggressively
when testing resumes in February,'' said Hamilton.
''Obviously, our 2010 car was quite a significant update of our '09 car, but
now I think we have a very good baseline from which to evolve this car into
2011.
''We learned a lot as a team this year - we had a very positive atmosphere
within the organisation from the start of the year, and we only built on that
during the season.
''Jenson's arrival made us a stronger team and I think our joint input helped
us to stay in the hunt until the very end.
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''I know that we already have our eye on both titles in 2011.''
Hamilton insists he has no regrets over his failure to land a second drivers'
crown after heading into the final race in Abu Dhabi as one of four drivers
with a chance of winning the title.
''My non-finishes at Monza and Singapore didn't help my momentum, but that was
also true of my mechanical retirements in Spain and Hungary,'' he said.
''Overall, I don't think it's worthwhile to look at the 'what ifs' of a
season, because every driver has moments when he could have done better, or
would have done something different, so you just have to accept what you have
and make the best of it.
''I come away from this season having learned and developed as a driver - and
I think that will stand us in good stead for next season.''
Button, who finished fifth in the drivers' standings this year as Red Bull's
Sebastian Vettel assumed the mantle of world champion, echoed his team-mate's
view that the team would benefit from a settled line-up heading into the new
campaign, which begins in Bahrain in March.
''It will be a good opportunity to get even more integrated with the team.
It's weird, because it will actually only be my first full winter at
[**McLaren**][8] Mercedes, because I only started working here in January this
year,'' he said.
''There's lot I think we can do to make this team stronger and better for the
new season.
''We've got a year's worth of experience under our belts, we've pushed hard
all season, and I think we can take that all away and learn from it over the
winter.''
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