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Dennis to quit F1 over 'lie-gate' affair

April 16
Apr.16 (GMM) Ron Dennis is expected to announce his complete withdrawal from the world of formula one on Thursday.
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Ron Dennis ready to quit Formula One

Ron Dennis, the chairman and driving force behind McLaren Mercedes, is expected to announce today that he is standing down from all involvement with Formula One operations as part of a deal to keep Lewis Hamilton with the team.
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Lewis Hamilton Q&A

''We are getting there as a team'' Heikki Kovalainen and Lewis Hamilton brought points home last Sunday at the conclusion of the drenched Chinese Grand Prix when they crossed the finish line in fifth and sixth positions...  
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guardian.co.uk McLaren get suspended three-race ban

• WMSC praise team principal for 'open and honest' response• Ban will only be enforced if there is a further breachMcLaren have been handed a suspended three-race ban by the...
04/29/09
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B.B.C. NEWS Dennis to clarify role at McLaren

Former McLaren team principal Ron Dennis is expected to cut his ties with F1 on Thursday.
04/16/09
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Times Online Nelson Mandela talk drives Lewis...

In his hour of need Lewis Hamilton, Britain’s out-of-sorts Formula One world champion, has turned to one of his great heroes, Nelson Mandela, for inspiration.
04/25/09
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Times Online Lewis Hamilton emulates Michael...

Like a politician going before the cameras at the garden gate to confess to an illicit affair, there was something almost excruciatingly painful about watching Lewis Hamilton...
04/04/09
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B.B.C. NEWS McLaren await 'lying' punishment

Motorsport's governing body, the FIA, meet on Wednesday to decide on McLaren's punishment for misleading Australian Grand Prix officials.
04/28/09
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Times Online Flavio Briatore and Ron Dennis issue...

Bernie Ecclestone has had much on his plate in recent weeks but, even by Formula One’s standards, a meeting at his London office last week was unusual. The Times can reveal...
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Dennis steps down from McLaren

• Investigation into Australian grand prix forced hand• Lewis Hamilton will lose his mentorRon Dennis has stepped down as chairman of McLaren, the formula one team has confirmed. There had been continued speculation that the 61-year-old would be forced to resign his position after an investigation in the team's actions during the Australian grand prix. He did not travel to China for this weekend's race and is thought to be addressing staff at the team's Woking headquarters.Dennis has been involved in formula one for 43 years but, after what the company called "major restructuring", he has now passed on responsibility for the team to Martin Whitmarsh. "No one asked me to do it," he said. "It was my decision."The former chairman says he will now focus on the automotive side of the company, in which he owns a 15% stake, and hopes to launch a new McLaren sports car in 2011.Dennis gave up his role as team principal on 1 March, to be replaced by Whitmarsh again, and since then the team have faced difficulties after their 2009 car proved to be slower than most of those of their rivals. However it was the incident in the opening race of the season that is thought to have sparked Dennis' exit.Though Lewis Hamilton, Dennis' protégé, finished in fourth in Melbourne – before being promoted to third when Jarno Trulli was penalised by 25 seconds – he was eventually disqualified. Tapes of race conversations with the pit lane showed that the British driver had been instructed to allow Trulli past and further investigation concluded that McLaren had provided "evidence deliberately misleading to the stewards".The investigation into the affair is continuing after Hamilton claimed he was told not to tell the race stewards about the comments of his team director Dave Ryan, who has been sacked. There is a World Motor Sport Council hearing scheduled for 29 April, at which further sanctions are expected.Formula oneLewis HamiltonMcLarenMotor sportguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2009 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
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Lewis Hamilton disqualified by Melbourne stewards

Lewis Hamilton is facing one of the biggest crises of his career after it emerged that he had “deliberately misled” the stewards and the race director of the Australian Grand Prix.
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guardian.co.uk Back on track

When Lewis Hamilton burst on to the scene two years ago, smashing every record in Formula One, he had the sport - and and the public - at his feet. Then came his controversial...
08/23/09
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Times Online Lewis Hamilton has initial doubts...

Lewis Hamilton’s disenchantment with the performance of his McLaren Mercedes in the build-up to the new Formula One season is such that he admitted last night that he may...
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guardian.co.uk Lewis Hamilton fastest in practice

• Briton unexpectedly tops standings at Nürburgring• Sebastian Vettel third fastest ahead of Jensen ButtonLewis Hamilton pulled off a major surprise by setting the fastest...
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F1-Live.com Dennis confident McLaren will bounce...

Warns Hamilton to take the rough with the smooth Lewis Hamilton may not be able to win this year, but he will be able to add to his championship tally with McLaren in the...
04/17/09
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F1 Complete Hamilton to fight for future McLaren...

Apr.17 (GMM) Lewis Hamilton may not be able to win this year, but he will be able to add to his championship tally with McLaren in the future.
04/17/09
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B.B.C. NEWS McLaren make apology for 'lying'

McLaren write to Formula 1's governing body to apologise for misleading race stewards after the season-opening Australian Grand Prix.
04/24/09
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Lewis Hamilton’s reputation risked by people who drove him down the road to chicanery

There are two ways that the Lewis Hamilton cheating saga can affect his future with McLaren Mercedes, which is now on a knife edge. Either Hamilton and his father Anthony, who manages him, can find a way to forgive and rebuild, or the trauma of what happened at the Australian Grand Prix will weep poison into the relationship and it will eventually fall apart.
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Dennis writes off Hamilton's chances

• Former team principle focuses on 2010 title fight• 'Brawn will win a lot of races' says Ron DennisRon Dennis yesterday all but wrote off Lewis Hamilton's chances of a successful defence of his world title only two races into the new formula one season.McLaren has suffered what its former team principal described as a "torrid" first two grands prix, with Hamilton disqualified in Australia and picking up only a single championship point in Malaysia's truncated race. His team-mate, Heikki ­Kovalainen, has yet to complete a circuit.That has led Dennis, who yesterday confirmed he had left ­motor sport altogether, to believe his team is suffering for its efforts in landing the title last year, a tussle with Ferrari that went to the final race. The new Brawn Racing team has taken advantage of this year's rule changes, with Jenson Button winning the first two races. Now Dennis, who stood down as team principal in favour of Martin Whitmarsh earlier this year, fears the title is already out of ­Hamilton's reach."After all that's happened this season people seem to be forgetting that we've got the numbers one and two on our cars," Dennis said. "They might not be next year, but we will do everything we can to make it happen again in two years."I'm absolutely distraught about the lack of performance of our grand prix cars. Look at Ferrari and McLaren, fighting tooth and nail to win last year's championship. Brawn will win a lot of races because of the competition having to focus on ­winning the championship last year."Hamilton's frustrations with his team's performance this season extend beyond the sluggishness of his car. Tensions between Dennis and Anthony Hamilton, the driver's father and agent, grew when the world champion was found to have lied to stewards at the Melbourne grand prix under ­orders from Dave Ryan, who has since been sacked as sporting director.But despite that friction, which has led to reports linking Hamilton with a move to Ferrari, Dennis yesterday backed the 24-year-old to win more world titles with McLaren. "Lewis has a contract and it's a long contract," he said. "He's been very fortunate always to be in a competitive McLaren. This is motor racing. Sometimes companies give you a competitive racing car, sometimes they don't."Dennis's departure has certainly strengthened the position of Whitmarsh, who yesterday admitted for the first time that he had offered his resignation as team principal immediately after the Malaysian grand prix, on the back of the "Liargate" scandal.The McLaren board of directors declined his offer to quit after 20 years with the team. Yet there is an unspoken feeling ahead of the FIA's inquiry on 29 April that the change in management structure may help to appease the sport's governing body."I think anyone who has looked at the relationship between McLaren and the FIA over the last few years would have to conclude that it would be healthier for all of us to have a more positive, constructive relationship than perhaps we've had in the past," Whitmarsh said yesterday in Shanghai. "Whilst I don't want to get into it, in fairness to Ron, he was not, to the best of my knowledge, involved in anything that happened in Australia or in the lead up to Malaysia. So therefore I don't believe there's a link."Whitmarsh denied that either Lewis Hamilton or his father had forced the change in team management because they were unhappy with the way the matter had been handled and they had threatened to leave McLaren."Personally, I've found Lewis and Anthony to be very supportive through what has been a very difficult time," Whitmarsh said. "They have been with the team a long time and I can see no reason why that will not continue for a long time. There is a mix of emotions; I think Lewis had some sadness about it as well because he has a long-standing relationship with Ron, so it's a mixture of things. And it is the same with all of us.We've got some sadness at the situation, but at the same time it's an opportunity for some of us to either step up to the plate and get the job done or fail. If we are honest about it, there has got to be a tinge of excitement in that as well."Lewis HamiltonMcLarenBrawnFormula oneMotor sportguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2009 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
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B.B.C. NEWS McLaren likely to face F1 inquiry

Formula 1's bosses are expected to launch an official inquiry into McLaren's behaviour in misleading race stewards after the Australian Grand Prix.
04/06/09
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Times Online Lewis Hamilton forced to apologise...

Lewis Hamilton, the Formula One world champion, admitted yesterday that he had lied to the stewards of Sunday's Australian Grand Prix and said his part in the attempt to cheat...
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Times Online - Business Bahrain sets pace as McLaren seeks...

Ron Dennis, the former head of the McLaren Formula One team, appears to have secured his first investor as he seeks £250 million to launch a new range of British-built sports...
04/27/09
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F1 Complete FIA Hearing: 3-Race ban for McLaren

The Vodafone McLaren Mercedes team have been given a 3-race ban, suspended for 12 months, for bringing F1 into disrepute by lying to the stewards at the Australian and Malaysian...
04/29/09
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F1 Complete Dennis steps down as McLaren CEO

Apr.16 (GMM) Ron Dennis on Thursday announced he is ending his involvement with the formula one team McLaren.
04/16/09
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