KEVIN MAGNUSSEN (2)

Kevin Magnussen lost out to Jenson Button in the fight to get the second seat at McClaren for the 2015 season, after the team had poached Fernando Alonso from Ferrari for the other one.

To be honest, and despite the frothing from the Danish media, this was not really a contest. Button is a world champion, Magnussen is a rookie; and after Magnussen's good start to the year, Button consistently outscored his younger teammate.

That's not to say that Magnussen won't have a second chance in the future. It merely confirms that the worst thing to happen to young sportsmen and -women is to become a national icon at an early age.

Walter Blotscher