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McClaren use a base common set up for the cars..and permit each driver to fine tune their own preferences.
In the first races Alonso's fine tuning was used on both cars, as LH prefered to let the more experienced FA find the 'best point' for the car.
After his remarkable series of results he 'felt' competent to do his own fine tuning..with a resultant dip in performance.
This showed just how much Alonso was 'giving' to LH....as a result its clear that Fa is the one getting the most out of the car and so the 'more valuable' driver.
Clearly this is not going to change much during the season, FA's only option was to not share his data or at least not all of it and force LH to do his own....which in view of his 'issues' with the team he has reason to believe are inferior to his....
My guess is that RD knows too well that if FA is released he will not get LH or Fa to win the Driver's Championship so will go out of 2007 empty handed, not acceptable...
SO he keeps FA until the end of the season and depending on how good LH is at developing the car (ie getting close to FA's times) he keeps FA....(or LH).
RD's only concern is McClaren winning, drivers are 'disposable', if they do not do the job they can go...he let Prost go and Senna...both a bit above the current crop...
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