Listen to this article McLaren got off to a disastrous start the 2009 season as Brawn GP seized the initiative with its double diffuser, and then Red Bull Racing became a regular winner. It the first half of the season, Hamilton scored only a fourth, sixth and seventh place, and regularly finished outside the points. However, the Woking team worked hard to develop its troublesome car, and Hamilton eventually bounced back to win the Hungarian and Singapore GPs, and claim four pole positions. Hamilton cited the MP4-24 as an example of how a team can turn around a poorly-performing car within a season. “There are people that watch and say that I’ve never had a bad car,” he said after finishing 14th in the Imola sprint race. “And I can assure you I have. The 2009 car was very, very far off, and was the worst car that I’ve had. “This car currently is not far off that experience, but I think has a lot of potential. “As did that car, we fixed it eventually and got back in the fight, or in the game. And I have the utmost faith that my team can do that here too.” …