Martin Whitmarsh: 'I expect Lewis to be with us next year. he loves this team'

In the unlikely event of a James Bond villain building his lair near Woking, it might look a great deal like the McLaren Technology Centre, a spectacular, curved, glass-walled building designed by Norman Foster and overlooking a handsome artificial lake. Which is not to equate McLaren with SPECTRE, or Ron Dennis with Ernst Blofeld, and yet the place practically vibrates with the ambition to rule the world, if only on the motor-racing track.