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[darwin dali]

Ron Dennis has fired a broadside at the F1 field by claiming that half of the drivers are "useless".

The McLaren team boss has not shied away from controversy despite the ongoing 'espionage scandal'.

Dennis told The People that most of the current grid are lucky to be in motorsport's premier formula.

He said: "Fifty percent of the grid is made up of useless drivers."

He also explained that Lewis Hamilton has "McLaren in his blood" and reiterated how the Woking team's recruitment policy led them to draft in the British star.

"We wanted a driver who was young and fresh, not a recycled driver coming from another team with the habits of another team," concluded Dennis.


Hm, what does this make FA?

[nuicly]

Ron Dennis s*** comes out from his mouth.

Obviously, McLaren has a bias against Hamiltion(Englishman). Shame on you!

No Luck for Non-Englishman.

[McLaren Fan]

Is there a full transcript of Ron's conversation with the journalist? Given that The People (if it's the one I'm thinking of) is a rag I wouldn't take anything it says without first checking into it.

He's probably right about one thing anyway. Many of the drivers in Formula One aren't up to standard.

Ron Dennis s*** comes out from his mouth.

Obviously, McLaren has a bias against Hamiltion(Englishman). Shame on you!

No Luck for Non-Englishman.

Ah, was Fernando saying that after McLaren preferred him to win at Spain or Monaco? Typical. Rely on the biased media for your information and you don't get the real version of events.

[nick_of_time]

I wonder what's RD thinking when he said those words. Yes, some of the drivers are not up to standard, at least not to RD's standard. But he should not have use such a strong word, those drivers are not useless. They made it to the F1. This is already something many drivers could not do.

He is the team boss of one of the leading team. He's public image reflects more or less on Formula 1. If thing like this goes on, words like this come out from the boss of a leading team too often. It will create a negative image on the sport.

A fair play and respect should be maintained for the good of the sport. I guess McLaren escape punishment gives him the boldness to say things like that.

BTW, thank you, stephen.

[7UpJordan]

Ron's acting like a spoilt git just like Alonslow now.

[bud]

this story is from before the season began, just being rehashed now to suck dumb f*** fans into more McLaren negativity.

well done to those who think this was just said! sucked riiiiiight in!

[McLaren Fan]

this story is from before the season began, just being rehashed now to suck dumb f*** fans into more McLaren negativity.

well done to those who think this was just said! sucked riiiiiight in!

So I was right in thinking that there was something up with this. What a surprise!

[Phil.T.Ho]

Ron Dennis has fired a broadside at the F1 field by claiming that half of the drivers are "useless".

The McLaren team boss has not shied away from controversy despite the ongoing 'espionage scandal'.

Dennis told The People that most of the current grid are lucky to be in motorsport's premier formula.

He said: "Fifty percent of the grid is made up of useless drivers."

He also explained that Lewis Hamilton has "McLaren in his blood" and reiterated how the Woking team's recruitment policy led them to draft in the British star.

"We wanted a driver who was young and fresh, not a recycled driver coming from another team with the habits of another team," concluded Dennis.


Hm, what does this make FA?

Yes!!!!?????....what does this make Fernando????....what a stupid statement by wRONg Dennis!!!!!!!!!the man is losing his fekkin brains!!!!!! after the team orders fiasco in Monaco, then this bullsh!t over the Ferarri secret dossier, and now this!!!!! i do agree that half the drivers out there are useless, but i dont think it needed wRONg to be saying it publicly whilst his 2 drivers are leading both title races!!!!......if i was 1 of the "useless" drivers hes talking about i would show how fekkin useless i am by punting his leading driver off the road the next time the oppurtunity arises!!!!......wRONg has always been sooo good at diplomacy with his "Ronspeak", but suddenly he comes out and p!sses off half the field with this little gem!!!!!! Ronspeak relied on the old addage, "If you cant dazzle them with brilliance, then baffle them with bullsh!t".........but this statement is as direct as a canadian fur trader clubbing the feck outta poor baby seals!!!!!!!!!....Ronnyboy.....stfu you idiot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (is this an underhand way of wRONg tellin us that he has been favouring Lewboy over Fernando since the first race this year???).....we know Fernando and Kimi have taken a little time to get used to the bridgestones, but at indy Fernando was definitely the faster of the 2 during the middle stint of the race, and that was why FA was p!ssed off Lewboy didnt let him pass down the main straight when Lewboy moved across the track to stop Fernando going around him!!!!!Fa showed his frustration on the next lap by swerving towards the pit wall, although he said he was just looking for some clean air, but really it was a bit of both!!!.....well, lets just hope that the useless drivers, (or MONKEYS at the back as Lewboy likes to call them!!), dont decide to show just how fekkin useless they are when it comes to blue flags waving everywhere when his 2 boys come up behind them to lap them!!!!!!!

[Phil.T.Ho]

this story is from before the season began, just being rehashed now to suck dumb f*** fans into more McLaren negativity.

well done to those who think this was just said! sucked riiiiiight in!

So I was right in thinking that there was something up with this. What a surprise!

REgardless of whether wRONg said this at the start of the season or yesterday, it is still a pretty dumb statement from someone like him"!!!!!! if he said it before the season started, then it was a fairly presumptious statement seeing as he wouldnt be able to assess everyones performance on only 1 race!!!!.....if he said it yesterday, then it was pretty dumb to upset half the grid midway thru the season!!!!....hmmmm....it looks like nobody is afraid to upset anyone else out there atm, which tells me there is a lot of underlying resentment going on in f1 ............all we want to see is good racing on the circuit but all the politics and bull is adding some extra ingredients; namely animosity and maybe a bit of jealousy!!!!!!!!!! Fernando is quite a popular driver amongst all the others, but Lewboy has made a slight impression amongst some of them that isnt what you would call favourable.......wRONg may just be doing the pair of them a disservice by making such statements!!!!.....we will see

[McLaren Fan]

As I've said, I wonder what else Ron Dennis said in this little interview? For all you know that quotation could have come straight from the middle of a sentence and almost certainly from the middle of a paragraph. The journalist and newspaper have already proven their worth, or lack of it, by publishing the article now in a pathetic attempt to stir up some anti-McLaren feeling. The thing is that they can do this and do it very well as there will always be people who are sucked in or fail to examine all the facts.

[Phil.T.Ho]

As I've said, I wonder what else Ron Dennis said in this little interview? For all you know that quotation could have come straight from the middle of a sentence and almost certainly from the middle of a paragraph. The journalist and newspaper have already proven their worth, or lack of it, by publishing the article now in a pathetic attempt to stir up some anti-McLaren feeling. The thing is that they can do this and do it very well as there will always be people who are sucked in or fail to examine all the facts.

point taken Fan, but im counting on Darwin Dali giving us the statement in the proper context, as i hope shes read the article and knows what it means .....i must admit i took it as she wrote it, and i didnt look for the article yet, but i will.....although i dont remember before the season started seeing anything about it....i was mainly looking for the test session lap times....i just read on yahoo sport that McLaren are "confident" they will be cleared again by the fia(sco) appeal commitee at end of August!!!!....only this time Ferarri will be allowed to put their side of the story to the board.....i think this is all being played out to a planned sequence of events now!!!!.....dont disrupt or change anything involved in the competition now, so as to stop millions of people deserting the viewing figures, wait and see how the championship plays out, and if McLaren win BOTH titles, then we hit them with some "fresh evidence", and then boot them out of this year and next years competition, thereby making Ferarri driver and constructors champions BY DEFAULT!!! until the 2009 season starts!!!!

[bud]

Darwin Dali is a 50 year old DUDE who has a PHD in stupidity and obsessive cult following