Even though he is no longer part of the operational side of McLaren F1, Ron Dennis remains a staunch supporter because he is eager to see the McLaren-Mercedes team have a competitive mid-season after a challenging start. With two cars in the top five at the Chinese Grand Prix and a fourth place for Lewis Hamilton in Bahrain, the pace of the silver arrows seems to have improved from race to race.<\/p>\n
\u00ab Lewis [Hamilton] has always been a great driver and will always be a great driver, but the current needs focus on the equipment that allows winning races, \u00bb said Dennis, who is now turning his attention to the McLaren business as a whole.<\/p>\n
All engineers, designers, manufacturing, and management personnel emphasize this.<\/p>\n
With the team since 1980, Dennis now watches F1 with a different perspective: “I have watched from afar but the gaps are very close and fourth place requires a very good level of competitiveness. I am now involved in working on the McLaren program but through the automotive industry. However, I remain behind McLaren and we will be competitive before the end of the season. As soon as possible, I hope,” he explained to Setanta<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Due to not having a double diffuser before the race in China, the Woking team is now 37 points behind the championship leader, Brawn GP. Have the title chances for 2009 vanished for the team? \u00ab As long as it’s mathematically possible, everything is still to play for, but, of course, we are a bit behind, \u00bb admitted Dennis.<\/p>\n
\u00ab But things are improving, and we are starting to enter a winning streak. I’m sure the McLaren staff are working hard to change things. \u00bb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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