Lewis Hamilton, Fernando Alonso and Ron Dennis : The Aftermath of Hungary

Hungary is over, sorry for no race review, i had to see off my brother at the Airport, so couldnt catch the race. But more interesting is the aftermath. The gloves are off.
Fernando Alonso when asked if he is happy staying at McLaren commented “We’ll see”. He also hinted that McLaren team and engineers are unhapy at Lewis Hamilton for his uproar.
“It’s the same as before the race,” he said.
“Each of us looks at his own interests, trying to do the best race possible, with the best strategy, and I try to do the same with my group of engineers and mechanics.
“But I guess he will have a different relationship with the team in the next race, because I don’t think they are very happy, and I will have the same one.”
Lewis Hamilton on the other hand said that Fernando Alonso just ignores him.
“He doesn’t seem to be speaking to me, so I don’t know if he has a problem,”
“For Fernando, I didn’t disagree with the penalty he had, I thought it was quite right.
“I didn’t feel bad for him. For the team, I felt very, very sorry. They are working day and night to improve the car, and we came here with better pace, so to not be able to extract the maximum points from it is a real shame.
“The relationship with Ron I think is fine.
“He has been someone who has been supporting me for so many years. So something as small as this – if you can call it small – is definitely not going to affect our relationship.
“He understands my point and I understand where he is coming from. For the team it’s not great, but we’ll be fine.
“For me and Fernando I can only try to speak to him, but if he doesn’t want to speak to me, he doesn’t want to speak to me.”
Team Boss Ron Dennis commented as follows ::
“There is a lot of tension in the team between the two drivers, two young drivers who are phenomenally competitive and who lead the drivers’ championship.
“It’s been a very difficult time and both drivers must take responsibility.”
McLaren is a team seriously ripped apart.
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August 9th, 2007 09:50
pride has shown its true colours…the driver that can overcome his pride will go onto suceed..
August 9th, 2007 13:41
Well said Bob
August 18th, 2007 16:06
Yep, well said bob, FA has made himself look stupid, childish and selfish over this incident. If he had come out and said … “yep, made a mistake, i got greedy and it was a silly thing for me to do, sorry” … he would of come out much better in everyones eyes, and the team could move on.
October 20th, 2007 01:16
Fernando showed his true colors. He used to be my hero but this season i’ve came to realise h’es a real bell end.