McLaren boss criticises his No.1 driver for first time
Even Ron Dennis has had enough of Lewis Hamilton’s reckless driving. After Sunday’s Japanese GP, the McLaren boss - who never slams his drivers in public - criticised his star driver, for the first time that we can remember:
“Of course, with the benefit of hindsight, it would have been nice if Lewis had been a little bit more prudent in the first corner,” Dennis said.
Typically diplomatic language from Big Ron, but the message to Lewis is clear: “Please, pretty please with a cherry on top, don’t f**k up another title for me.”
It’s painfully obvious that Lewis is his own worst enemy - his talent is unquestionable, but he hasn’t learned that you win grands prix and - more importantly - championships by not always racing on the limit. Lewis can control his car, but he won’t win the title if he can’t also control his emotions.
We thought Ron might have passed on that wisdom to his young charge, especially after last season. Apparently not; or Lewis disengages his brain once the red lights go out.
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11 responses so far
1 tEQUILLA sLAMMER // Oct 13, 2008 at 10:38 am
moRon has invested plentyof money in the Hammerhoid over the years, and now hes starting to see that it was all money down the pan!!! Hamilton is and always will be, a go-kart driver!!! he is rubbish at conserving his tyres, and is nowhere near the quality of Alonso regarding set-up and strategy……he let the wrong man go at the end of 2007…..he shoulda got rid of Hamilton and kept Alonso!!! If Alonso had been driving a McLaren or a Ferrari this year, he would have already been world champion 2 or 3 races ago!!!!!!!!!!!!
2 tEQUILLA sLAMMER // Oct 13, 2008 at 10:40 am
readers vote………..Ron Dennis is an idiot?? answers on a postcard to McIdiots Technology Centre, Woking Surrey.
3 A Ludlow // Oct 13, 2008 at 10:57 am
I think Ron realises the worst decision he ever made in his life was in having that nasty shithead Alonso in his team. This guy is pure poison and without him and his childish tantrums last year, Lewis probably would have been the first rookie to win the WDC. Now this bastard is saying he will help Massa in the title. Is there no end to his viciousness? Lewis would never say such a pathetic thing. I think Ron is as emotional as Lewis and admires Lewis for his racing instincts, so I think your report is erroneous.
As for this joker tequila slammer, maybe you could learn English before making your moronic comments.
4 Berger // Oct 13, 2008 at 11:37 am
Ludlow talks shit and tEQUILLA sLAMMER the facts.
Lewis Hamilton is a low IQ aggressive retard.
All the other drivers in F1 except Heikki and Lulu’s bumchum Gaydrian Sutil hate Hamilton’s guts.
Half the field is going to want to smash Spewis Lamelton out of the final two races.
Good luck to them, Hamilton is a wanker.
(NB: And I thought Michael Schumacher was as much of a twat as it was humanely possible for an F1 driver to be, how wrong I was…)
5 Kimi // Oct 13, 2008 at 12:44 pm
Hamilton is a massive talent, he is in his second year, compare this season with Alonso’s second - he was a test driver. Hamilton may well be an arrogant selfish sulking and very annoying tosser at times, but so are/were Alonso, Schumacher, Senna, Villeneuve. All champions.
I like to see drivers fighting hard, not giving in, not leaving an inch spare. Its racing. If the other driver doesnt like you ‘cos you race hard - fuck em, you’re there to make life hard for them, its no wonder they dont all get on. Look at Montoya and Villeneuve - fighting in the drivers briefings!
At the end of the day, the FIA need to sort their stewards out, back off the racing incidents.
As far as the racers in the pack are concerned, I reckon:
1 - Kimi
2 - Lewis
3 - Kubica
4 - Alonso
6 Kimi // Oct 13, 2008 at 12:48 pm
. . . Oh and as far as Ron is concerned - legend! tEQUILLA sLAMMER, don’t you think that McLaren’s investment in Lewis may have been paid back by now? Two years with one of the highest profile sportsmen wearing your overalls and displaying your sponsors logos!? Keeping a young, money-magnet with skills and devotion to your team seems like good sense to me.
7 Massa & Alonso certainly adds spice to F1… « d E a T h S c Y t H e // Oct 13, 2008 at 6:10 pm
[…] the best thing to happen to Hamilton, to wrap off a disastrous weekend, was to have his boss hollering down his neck and asking him to be more prudent with the first corner, which happened to steer Raikkonen wide and […]
8 broker // Oct 13, 2008 at 9:26 pm
I wonder is McLaren will sack Lewis if he loses another title…
9 Vroom // Oct 14, 2008 at 4:39 am
Totally agree with tEQUILLA sLAMMER ! And A Ludlow, go fuck yourself!
10 tEQUILLA sLAMMER // Oct 14, 2008 at 8:40 am
phuq me Ludders ….you do talk some sh!te…Mercedes topbrass were furious last year with the way dennis “managed” his “team”!! and then the way Lewser choked in the last 2 races to lose a 17 point lead over Raikkonen was just incredible!!!! When you lose an almost certain championship the way he did, it must affect him now!!! He totally bombed in Fuji coz he cant handle the pressure and he aint really that fukkin good!!! He joined Alonso at McIdiots last year in the top car , and it was Alonsos pre-season development of the 22 that made it such a good car. Hamilton got the benefit of the best car on the grid and the best driver as his teammate!!! No surprise to me that he had such a good “rookie” season!!!! Fat Ron must already be gutted hes made such awful decisions recently…..:) i suppose a blow jobs off the menu then!
11 Nuts Ack // Nov 1, 2008 at 5:17 pm
Yep - fuck Hamilshit. Total wanker. Did you know he still sucks his mothers titty? And yes, Ludders is also a bellend.