Comments on: Spygate and racism: F1 back in the news (updated)

By: George

George — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 04:02:28 +0000

Ron will limp through this season as his last, a face saving measure for his pride and ego. I think he will retire from active racing management and probably retain his shares corporately. If he manages to rehab his image by the end of the year he may even stay on as racing principal.

My ideal scenario? Win the titles, then retire.

By: Becken

Becken — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:35:09 +0000

Alex Andronov,

Thanks! I posted in the wrong place, it must be in “A first for F1Fanatic.co.uk”
And was a (stupid!) joke about Keith´s review on the Mark Hughes book!

Sorry Keith!

By: Alex Andronov

Alex Andronov — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:18:01 +0000

Keith, I think that Beken is talking about Mark Hughes. Not very clear but I think that’s it.

By: FLIG

FLIG — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:03:30 +0000

He’s no Eddie Jordan, but I’m sure a lot of people would miss him.

By: oliver

oliver — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:01:24 +0000

Ron Dennis is a shareholder or part owner, unless he sells the rest of his shares, he will always be a part of Mclaren.

By: Keith Collantine

Keith Collantine — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:02:28 +0000

Um, he hasn’t been fired.

By: KB

KB — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:58:06 +0000

Bye Ron, lets see who misses you!

By: Gman

Gman — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 06:08:36 +0000

Also, I must say that I wonder how much these rumors/reports have had affected the morale and focus of the McLaren team with the start of the season this close. I’d like to offer a comparison from America’s own “spygate” of late- the illegal videotaping of opposing coaches hand signals by the New England Patriots of the NFL during the first week of the season.

With the Pats set to face my beloved New York Giants in the Super Bowl this season, word surfaced the week of the game that veteran U.S. legislators were looking into the spygate sitation. The Patriots went on to lose the Super Bowl,setting their final record at 18-1 and runing their chance at only the second undefeated seaosn in NFL history.

Sorry for venturing outside of F1 waters, but it’s a valid point. I believe the Giants got the Pats best effort in the game, but I can’t help wonder if NE was distracted a bit by all the spygate attention that week. Will these new twists and turns in the F1 spygate have any bearing on the focus at McLaren as the season begins?

By: Gman

Gman — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 05:59:12 +0000

What I meant to say- While I am new to the ranks of the F1 faithful, it appears Ron Dennis is one of the classiest and most-respected men in the business, and any attempts to get rid of him would be a very negative move for whomever that may be. Understandibly he’s closer to the end of his career than the beginning, and perhaps it would not be bad for the team to work out a sucession strategy for when he dose retire, but kicking him to the curb would be a big mistake in my book.

By: alan

alan — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:44:58 +0000

I have to agree with several of the contributors – rumors in a spanish paper that big ron has to fall on his sword are more than likely what is called disinformation – start a rumor and see if it takes off – if ron was too go he would I am sure get all the press people together and tell them – he has never hidden from contreversy – and if it was for the benefit of mclaren? – it more than likely would have happened after they were fined – at the start of a season – forget spygate there have always been rumors about who would go midway through a season the rumors of who is moving to whatever,etc,etc.
Roll on the start of the season and lets get those wheels spinning!!! – not b/ rumors