Oct 9, 2007 2:41:02 PM
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ALDO
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Re: Formula 1 China GP
I think you are all wrong about Alonso. Alonso is working in a team, where the team chief is his worst enemy.
Here is what Ron told Times:
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Here is what Ron told Times:
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Ron Dennis, the team principal of the McLaren Mercedes Formula One team, let one very large cat out of a very expensive bag after Lewis Hamilton's retirement from the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai on Sunday. Speaking about the disastrous decision to delay Hamilton's tyre change, which led to the British rookie sliding off the track while trying to get into the pits, Dennis said something that will have convinced Fernando Alonso's supporters that there is a conspiracy within the team against their hero.
"The problem was rain and his [Hamilton's] tyres were in the worst condition," Dennis said to a group of British journalists in the paddock at the circuit. "But we weren't at all fazed about Kimi [Raikkonen, of Ferrari]. We weren't racing Kimi, we were basically racing Fernando."
Slip of the tongue it may have been - there were efforts by McLaren to explain it away - but, in one stroke, Dennis had made a nonsense of his claims to be treating his drivers equitably in the World Championship run-in.
What is more, Dennis's remarks have turned into articles of faith the deep suspicions in Spain and elsewhere that McLaren could be deliberately doctoring Alonso's car to present the championship to Hamilton. In large parts of the motor-racing world, it is regarded as gospel that Alonso is battling against not only Hamilton but also the whole McLaren team for his third consecutive drivers' championship.
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