The split in the McLaren garage in 2007 ran deep, to say the least. F1 Formula1 McLaren Alonso
And so Spygate began, Alonso’s threat sparking the chain of events that led to McLaren being expelled from the 2007 Constructors’ Championship standings and fined a record $100m for being in procession of IP belonging to Ferrari.
And yet that wasn’t the final nail for the Alonso-McLaren partnership, the Spaniard saying that came at the Chinese Grand Prix where the team-mates lined up on the grid with Hamilton 12 points ahead. That Sunday, Dennis reportedly said that McLaren weren’t fighting Ferrari driver Felipe Massa, they were up against Alonso..
“We were young. We were immature. We were many of the things we are not now, and we needed help from the management that we didn’t get.“As Ron said after the penultimate race in China, ‘our race isn’t with Massa, it is with Fernando’. When your team says that, you cannot continue. But you learn in a career.”
At the time McLaren put out a statement that read: “Following a meeting between Fernando Alonso and McLaren, it was agreed that it would be in the best interests of both parties to bring the relationship to an end.” Dennis added: “He is a great driver but for some reason the combination of Vodafone McLaren Mercedes and Fernando has not really worked out. We reached a stage where none of us could find a way to move forward.”The double World Champion would go onto rejoin McLaren in 2015, spending four largely unsuccessful seasons with the team before taking a break from Formula 1. Back on the grid in 2021, he now races for Aston Martin and sits third in the Drivers’ Championship.
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