All Posts Tagged With: "Ron Dennis"
F12008: McLaren
Some eagle-eyed readers may have noticeed that McLaren’s preview post, this very entry you’re reading, is out of sync with the previous. The previews were published in the reverse order of their constructor’s finishing place in 2007, which would mean McLaren should have been dealt with a long time ago. But as the Woking squad [...]
New Rumours Surrounding Ron Dennis & McLaren
The Sunday Times has jumped on the recent story-bandwagon surrounding Ron Dennis and his future at the helm of McLaren. Previously in the week it was Spanish paper Marca that suggested Ron had been forced out of the team, but denials from all quarters put paid that end of the crazy idea. But just because [...]
Media Hypes Speculation Of ‘Dennis Firing’
The Stepneygate saga refuses to go away and recently members of the McLaren team have been speaking to officials and authorities. They have given their version of events as Italian prosecutors proceed with legal action towards the team that accepted confidential data from then-Ferrari employee Nigel Stepney. The issues were originally thought to be isolated [...]
The Meaning Behind McLaren’s MP4 Designation
For the whole time Ron Dennis has been hat the helm of McLaren, from 1980 onwards, the cars produced in Woking have been designated with the alpha-numeric sequence, MP4. The characters are then appended with the chassis number, currently 23 for their 2008 machine. I’ve always wondered why the cars have this sequence of letters [...]
McLaren MP4-23: More Photos
Below are some more photographs from the launch of the new McLaren MP4-23 that will campaign for the 2008 world titles. The quality of the images isn’t great (maybe they were taken by one of those mobile phones they all seem to be holding?) but it does show the car from a couple of different [...]
McLaren MP4-23: Launch & Photos
McLaren unveiled their 2008 challenger today at the Mercedes museum in Stuttgart. The MP4-23 was revealed to the waiting press and photos were distributed of the new model. The cars will be numbered 22 and 23 following the teams exclusion from the 2007 championship after it was found they had beached the rules. But the [...]
FIA To Sue The Sunday Times; Red Bulletin Is Safe For Now
Not only did the World Motor Sport Council pass judgment on the Renault case yesterday, but they have also given permission to the FIA to pursue legal action towards The Sunday Times newspaper. It is alleged that the widely read paper published an article which suggested that Formula One’s governing body was involved in a [...]
