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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2009 11:22:35 GMT
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Post by Genghis on Apr 16, 2009 11:49:14 GMT
What a shame - Dennis has had some marvellous times in F1, in 1988 McLaren were more dominant in a single season than even Ferrari managed in 2002 or 2004. With the clueless Whitmarsh now in charge at McLaren, Hamilton needs to get out of there pronto. |
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Post by schumi on May 1, 2009 18:04:28 GMT
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Post by schumi on May 2, 2009 16:30:43 GMT
From PlanetF1:
Ron Dennis was reportedly snubbed by Lewis Hamilton when the McLaren driver rejected a request to pay tribute to the man who had mentored him for many years at Thursday's Sport Industry Awards.
Dennis, who was honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award for his 40-year service to motorsport, spoke glowingly of McLaren after leaving the two just two weeks prior to receiving the award.
"As far as McLaren is concerned, the word 'team' hardly suffices - I prefer the term 'family'," he said.
However, no one for the McLaren 'family' was present to honour Dennis with only two past McLaren drivers, Mika Hakkinen and Alain Prost, on hand.
And, according to the Daily Mail it wasn't for tying as 'Hamilton turned down repeated requests to attend the function at the Battersea Evolution or even send a short tribute to his former team boss.'
Added to that 'McLaren did not send a single representative to Dennis's big night and the McLaren table printed on the guest list was withdrawn at the last minute with none of the 10 reserved places filled.'
Asked for comment by the Daily Mail, McLaren had little to say except for that it was "all very political" and added that 'the request for a comment from Hamilton came too late'.
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