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Fernando Leaves McLaren
09:18 AM on Nov 02, 2007

hopefully Ron will get a loyal driver in this time.

Source - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/7074737.stm

(dont know how to hyperlink on here yet)



Posted by George Pol at 09:34 AM on Nov 02, 2007
Comment #1

And I hope Alonso gets a loyal teammanager.

Everybody happy. :-)

Posted by Simon Melhuish at 09:35 AM on Nov 02, 2007
Comment #2

:D

Posted by Joco Gorenc at 10:21 AM on Nov 02, 2007
Comment #3

O well, we saw it coming...

Posted by Nick Phillips at 10:26 AM on Nov 02, 2007
Comment #4

Good riddance to the blackmailing cry baby.

Posted by Jimmy Jones at 12:09 PM on Nov 02, 2007
Comment #5

And I hope Alonso gets a loyal teammanager.

I still don't understand this comment. I noticed nothing throughout the season that indicated Alonso was being treated unfairly by his team. What I did notice was when he was winning races at the beginning everything was fine, once he started losing he started his team blame game instead of looking in the mirror.

He's a crybaby, plain and simple. It's sad to be saying that about a grown man.

Oh yeah, I thought the team did an amazing job with the professionalism they treated him with after all the crap he pulled. If I was the manager he would have been sitting in the paddock the rest of the season after it was revealed he leaked the info, and he would also be sitting out next year too because I would not release him from his contract.

Of course the FIA took away the ability to do that by that ridiculous fine amount...

I have no desire to watch f1 next year. A new fan quickly lost.

Posted by Mike Waltz at 02:05 PM on Nov 02, 2007
Comment #6

I hope that little bitch ends up driving a Simtek.

Posted by George Pol at 02:20 PM on Nov 02, 2007
Comment #7

And I hope Alonso gets a loyal teammanager.

I still don't understand this comment.

Simple. I trust the guy as far as I can throw him. Just a personal opinion.

Posted by Nick Phillips at 04:32 AM on Nov 03, 2007
Comment #8

Well I read through the FIA decision again and not once is Dennis mentioned.

The only reason Alonso was not thrown out of the drivers championship was because of the clause the FIA put in the first place when they wrote to the drivers asking for information.

Yes I believe it was more than Coughlan/De La Rosa/Alonso that knew what was going on, but I do not believe that stretched to Dennis, otherwise he would have blown the whistle as soon as he found out, which is effectively what he did when Alonso attempted to blackmail him at Hungary.

How you can say however he is not loyal when you consider the teams support for Alonso in the last couple of races is beyond me, they had every right to chuck him out mid season, but kept on offering support to the end of the season - many others would not have!

It was not Mclaren's fault a double world champion was beaten by a rookie, no one could have foreseen Hamilton being so good from the first race, and therefore Alonso threw a hissy fit on more than one door bending occasion.

Give me evidence that Dennis was not loyal, although if it is your personal opinion I guess you don't need any :-]

Posted by George Pol at 08:37 AM on Nov 03, 2007
Comment #9

Evidence ??? About F1 ??? From me ??? :-)

Non of us mortals knows exactly what's going on in F1. But it has nothing to do with evidence. I'm just no Ron Dennis-fan. Never was and probably never will be. But .... I must admit ... there is one really good thing about Ron Dennis. And that's his wife. :-)

Posted by Roman Novinic at 09:42 AM on Nov 03, 2007
Comment #10

They both are idiots.
Ron Dennis knows what sort of toilet paper they use in Maranello. Dont tell me he didnt knew what his drivers and engeneers did with this Ferrari data for months.

Its quite simple, ha?
Alonso the bad guy, eating children,
Hamilton and Dennis are angels, directly sent from heaven?
I dont think so.

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