Comments on: Is Ron Dennis a lame duck?

By: Pink Peril

Pink Peril — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 01:13:26 +0000

I don’t think that Dennis’ credibility was damaged at all last year by the events. I mean FFS he was the one who rang Mad Max when Alonso made him aware of the emails !

Would someone with a guilty concience do that? And I would say that it is near on impossible to keep track of absolutely everything happening in a company the size of McLaren – not to mention that the staff involed probably took great care to NOT let Dennis in on what was going on, knowing he would not approve.

If anything, my opinion of him increased.

On the other hand, the attack on McLaren was clearly a personal vendetta against Dennis, and I fear that Mad Max and his little sidekick Luca will not give up until they force him out.

Up to him if he wants to stay and put up with that sh*t for another year. He also has to think about that is in the teams best interests – which may well be not having Mad Max breathing down their necks for the next 19 rounds….

By: doctorvee

doctorvee — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 16:03:05 +0000

Yeah, I was quite surprised by the wording of the police statement. I know its easy for Brits to lapse into the mentality that police on the continent are more corrupt and incompetent, but I can’t help thinking that you wouldn’t find the police in Britain saying anything like that.

autosport.com says today that the Italian police statement was misunderstood or badly translated. But the new version doesn’t seem all that much different to me…

By: john b

john b — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 11:23:28 +0000

So not just the FIA, but also the Italian rozzers, are in Ferrari’s pockets? I really hope McLaren win this season, and ideally that Ferrari score 0 points…

By: Ponzonha

Ponzonha — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 10:17:12 +0000

Yes, absolutely. He’s credibility is below zero and sometimes it is better to lead a bout from the lower decks. I don’t really think he is loosing power, It’s more a matter of public image.

By: peterg

peterg — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 08:39:30 +0000

They will only get Ron out of the MTC in a coffin. Remember the tearful “My life’s work” speech last year.

On the other hand, if the bad press continues, how long will the three pointed star want him to be the public face of Merc. Think about it? Haug would have asked Ron “exactly what is going on?” on several times last year. He would have been told the whole “no McLaren staff are involved other than Coughlan” story.Which turned out to not exactly be the truth. Makes you wonder what Haug & the board really think.