Ron Dennis

Daily #F1 News and Comment: Wednesday 19th June 2013

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This page will be updated throughout the day GMT  10:44 11:35 12:54 (lead story updated) Canada – McLaren drivers’ time of reckoning? Having been apparently given a job for life by Jonathan Neale (McLaren CEO), Jenson Button may be under internal pressure from the team. McLaren failed to score points in Canada for the first time … Read more

Daily #F1 News and Comment: Saturday 1st June 2013

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FIA now target Ferrari There are a number of reports that Ferrari are now part of the FIA probe into illegal testing. The team have been asked to provide information to the authority about the test they undertook in Barcelona between the Bahrain and Spanish GP’s. There is confusion amongst the various commentators as to … Read more

Daily News and Comment: Saturday 27th April 2013

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Ron Dennis responds Predictably, Ron Dennis has clarified the position at McLaren. “A little over three years ago I signed a five-year contract with the company against the background that both then and now I am the joint second largest shareholder in the group with 25% – and I own 15% of automotive. My position … Read more

Daily News and Comment: Friday 26th April 2013

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This page will be updated throughout the day FIA trusts telemetry provider There has been remarkably little information on this matter. Then the FIA issued a press release yesterday which most news outlets have published verbatim the same story. To cut a long story short, the problems with the race control systems are not caused … Read more

On This Day in F1: 29 March

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On this day in F1 – 29 March, brought to you by TheJudge13 chronicler Bart De Pauw – 1998: Braking systems controversy in Brazil Following an overwhelming McLaren dominance in the season-opening Australian Grand Prix where Häkkinen and Coulthard sealed a commanding one-two and lapped the entire field, Ferrari in the build up to the … Read more

On This Day in F1: 27 March

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On this day in F1 March 27th, is brought to you by TheJudge13 chronicler: Samora Machel – 1983: John Watson and Niki Lauda Do The (almost) Impossible – 1971: David Couthard is born 1983: John Watson and Niki Lauda Do The (almost) Impossible Just to put things a little in perspective here, Jenson Button’s run … Read more

On This Day in F1: 08 March

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On this day in F1 08 March, is brought to you by TheJudge13 chronicler: Bart De Pauw

– 1998: Yet again McLaren team orders in favor of Häkkinen

1998: After two seasons of Williams-Renault supremacy, McLaren drivers Mika Häkkinen and David Couthard lived up to their pre-season favorite role by overwhelmingly dominating the 1998 season-opening Australian Grand Prix. Häkkinen took pole with only a four-hundredths of a second advantage over Coulthard, with Michael Schumacher’s Ferrari a distant third at more than seven tenths. As it turned out victory was decided at the first corner when Häkkinen made the better start to lead his Scottish teammate into the 58 laps around Melbourne’s Albert Park circuit. Both McLarens pulled away from the field at a staggering rate of three seconds per lap on an afternoon that would see them double all other cars. But despite all this dominance the inevitable McLaren win was not free from controversy.

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Vettel new pit radio messages, Ron Dennis and Lewis, Honda returns to F1 2014? Davidson 1st drive since Le Mans crash

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Lewis and Ron: I’ve taken a bit of stick on twitter for my Lewis was pushed” story and to be honest I can’t be bothered banging drums or justifying myself – and as Chris and erstwhile thejudge13 commentator pointed out, “we may be quibbling over semantics”.

I have said what I have to say on the matter, but what is worth of note is why is Big Ron still talking about it to CBI magazine and raising the issue again?

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Mercedes caution Lewis ambitions, Lauda needs a new sponsor, Niki Lauda compliments Marko, F1 USA broadcaster NBC criticised, Marko criticises Webber, RB9 may not make Jerez, COTA helped by fiscal cliff, Dennis: we could have retained Hamitlon

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Where exactly are Mercedes up to? According to Schumacher, money was “a factor” in Mercedes’ F1 team’s failure to succeed during his three year comeback to F1. It is clear to the world that the ‘Silver Arrows’ team spends about 100m euro’s less than Red Bull each year and at least the same less than Ferrari.

Schumacher tells Auto Motor und Sport: “It’s a factor. Over the years Red Bull built an infrastructure and has a budget giving them the possibility to respond to anything in the best possible way. This is nothing less than what we had at Ferrari”.

Mercedes, have never been higher than fourth in the constructors’ championship since the Brawn buyout in 2010 and their Chairman has strongly denied they will now pump in more funding for 2013 and beyond. Of course Lewis Hamilton has signed for the team and claims he wants to help turn them into a title winning outfit.

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Pic to Caterham, Gutiérrez to Sauber, Heikki out, Alosno $10m WDC win bonus, Dennis conspicuous by absence, FI $80m announcement to shore up confidence, Lewis appears whistful, Mr. E warns Interlagos

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Editor’s note: So much is happening and the driver market has been moving quickly, so since I release the last post GMT 00:00 I am releasing another one to make update’s easier to read.

I’ve added a ‘search bar’ on the right hind side bar…so if you want to find a story easily you can type “Lewis pushed” and all articles with that phrase will be presented in a list.

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Yesterday we met our friends from Malaysia. Today I want to say Hi to those of you from Indonesia who regularly read the site – introduce yourselve’s in the comments. Thank you for reading regularly.

Dominicali: When asked at the FIA conference about the new engines and regulation changes for 2014, he said “we already have a group of small people already working on the project”. I don’t know what to say really. Oompa Lumpa’s – chocolate rivers at Maranello

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