Ron Dennis
Ron Dennis
Ronald Dennis CBEis a British businessman, Formula One Team Principal and is an Official British Business Ambassador. Dennis is the Global Consultant for Minsheng Investment Corporation and also owner of Absolute Taste. He is most well known for his role as owner, CEO, chairman and founder of McLaren Technology Group which houses a Formula 1 team, Technology Company and more...
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth1 June 1947
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I think it was not a great decision by Williams so we are doubly frustrated. We had a comfortable, well-judged, disciplined, team-oriented race which should have been a comfortable one-two.
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That championship is far from over and we will continue to fight hard for it. To leave here leading the constructors' championship and being a little bit closer on the drivers' would have been great for us and also great for Formula One, but unfortunately that did not happen. We have now won eight races out of 11 and that is normally a season which has seen both team and driver dominate both championships. But I don't feel frustration with the past.
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We've won eight races out of 11 this season. That is normally enough for both a driver and team to dominate the standings. Our target now is to win the remaining races and if we can do that, we will feel quite good about ourselves as we look to next season.
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We are very comfortable with the outcome of today's qualifying session and we look forward to our race strategy unfolding.
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Both drivers put in a faultless performance today which should have given the team maximum points. Kimi claimed his win in a disciplined and controlled manner in very difficult conditions. Juan Pablo was the innocent victim of other people's mistakes but this should not distract from his race which was executed with true team spirit. We of course take some satisfaction from winning eight of the last 11 Grands Prix. As you can imagine we are looking forward to Brazil in a positive frame of mind.
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Our computer simulation said a second and third was possible, based on our Friday dry running. The race win was never at any stage predicted by our system.
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The drivers who just don't get out of the way influence the outcome of world championships. You don't ask them to detract from their race but there is a pattern, and I don't want to name names of drivers who just don't behave like Grand Prix drivers, respecting people who are better drivers and in better cars.
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The drivers' motivation in the opening laps of that first race were mixed with frustration, they ran wide, damaged the cars, and that really set the tone for the remaining intercontinental races.
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I always thought, from day one, that winning races was just doing your job.
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Pedro's problem finished his run prematurely, but this will not hamper our programme for the weekend, ... Other than that, it was a successful Friday practice where we ran through our programme and achieved the results, in terms of speed and consistency, that we had expected going into this weekend.
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Pizzonia exited the pits ... having seen that Pizzonia waved him past, he overtook carefully, pulled in front and at the next corner Pizzonia just drove straight in the back of him.
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Juan Pablo was just cruising and it's massively frustrating.
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Juan is great to work with, very cool and philosophical and he is part of an exciting future for McLaren,
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We think there has been some showmanship from some of the teams but, at the end of the day, if we are not there we won't be too far away.