- 25 Sep 09, 21:05#157086Ron Dennis is the head of the McLaren group so he is doing just fine; he stepped back because he was fed up of the bullsh*t bureaucracy in F1, he hardly left his post as team principle in shame, he stayed on for a whole season before making his decision to quit as team boss. Fernando Alonso is in an under-performing car which seems to have problems keeping four wheels, I believe that Ron Dennis would be the happier person right now!
We all know that Alonso is a very intelligent man, and yes he used the information to his advantage but he was as guilty as anyone during McLaren's spygate scandal. He not only read Emails, he actively participated and didn't inform the FIA at all. Ron Dennis blew the whistle when Alonso attempted to blackmail him. Alonso's so-called leverage didn't work for him, Ron isn't the sort of man that will take being blackmailed laying down. Alonso lost out, losing his drive and having to take a step back down to Renault!
In my books that makes Alonso guilty of a lot of wrongdoing!
He's been involved in both of the big scandals. No smoke without fire. And doing anything to get what you want is not an admirable quality in my books.
Interesting that you of all people would say this. So, lets take your logic and use it. How many scandals has your hero Mr. Hamilton been involved in now? Lets see. Spy-gate and Lie-gate are the big ones (same number as Alonso)...but then there are a massive multitude of smaller ones.... Throw-away-the-Championship-in-a-pitlane-graveltrap-gate. Hit-pit-lane-speed-button-gate. Crash-in-Alonso-on-a-straightaway-gate, Crash-into-parked-cars-in-pitlane-gate. Drivers-protesting-his-driving-style-gate. Daddy-is-an-asshole-gate.
I mean seriously, you of all people using the no smoke without fire phrase? Do you apply that logic to Hamilton? He has been in far more controversies than Alonso...FAR MORE....and he has not been in the game for very long.
Get your facts right. lewis wasnt in spygate, it was alonso and de la rosa. Yes he was in liegate, (You'll have your views on that and i have mine) But alonso has been in
FAR FAR MORE
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