01-20-2007, 08:00 PM
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Mclaren Drinking Ban
http://www.f1-live.com/f1/en/headlin...20140834.shtml
Ron Dennis has banned McLaren's 2007 driver lineup from drinking alcohol.
Despite Ferrari-bound Kimi Raikkonen's supposed alcoholic indiscretions during his tenure in 2002-2006, the Woking based team's chairman suggested that the only sips taken by Lewis Hamilton or world champion Fernando Alonso this year should be champagne on the podium.
After his drivers trained with Olympic athletes in Finland, Dennis told the Mirror: "We don't see why drivers need to have even
one drink in the course of a season.
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The irony of Dennis' stance, however, is that whiskey sponsor Johnnie Walker's McLaren-associated slogan for this year is: "Be a champion. Drink responsibly."
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I think it is a bit overkill, the reason why Kimi drinks and party is mostly becoz Ron's car keep fucking up. I don't see any reason why gentle wine at dinner will hurt the driver.
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01-20-2007, 08:15 PM
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Dennis told the Mirror: "We don't see why drivers need to have even one drink in the course of a season."
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For fun? Ron Dennis is a party pooper. No wonder nobody likes him.
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01-20-2007, 08:40 PM
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mclaren should take me .. i dont drink LOL 8) 
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01-21-2007, 02:14 AM
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He will also forbid them to have sex the days before the race, it's supposed to lower nerve impulse ...
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01-21-2007, 03:18 AM
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I noticed that a lot of sports are starting to take this stance. For example a few of the baseball teams have banned alcohol in the club house because of indiscretions by a few players.
I don't think that is a bad idea.
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01-21-2007, 03:20 AM
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^^ makes me think drinking was something only those people did who had nothing else to do ....
having sex is fine ... its natural ...
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01-21-2007, 03:40 AM
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pitpass, said Ron is being a hypocrite...he's got Johnnie Walker as their sponsor :roll:
http://www.pitpass.com/fes_php/pitpa...s_art_id=30363
besides, there's no way he'll do anything to Alfonso if he gets juiced...
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01-21-2007, 03:42 AM
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they should enforce this rule for the engineers .... maybe they drank too much ... thus killing the reliablity 8)
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01-21-2007, 03:43 AM
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Just smoke weed, don't drink :fist: Ron, you really lost it entirely.
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01-21-2007, 11:31 AM
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What a party pooper. Yeh, should just get stoned the night before races should make it more interesting. "why am i here again...oh yeh  2
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01-21-2007, 11:40 AM
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LOL!
Indeed a party pooper
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01-21-2007, 04:37 PM
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Hey, i din't think it's such a bad idea. Also the fact that bahrain now owns 30% of mclaren (2nd biggest shareholder in the mclaren group) might have had something to do with it.
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01-22-2007, 07:14 PM
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Originally Posted by dani_d_mas
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Originally Posted by mrmojo77
What amuses me is that the drivers were training with Olympic athletes in Finland. They drink like horses and use snuff
Why on earth did they bring a Spaniard and an American to train in here anyway? Ron seems to have some strange Finnishfetish.
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American? Hamilton is british as far as I know...  |
Thank the lord he is 8)
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01-22-2007, 08:37 PM
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Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton should horde all the champagne they get when/if they reach podiums, because Ron Dennis can't tell them not to drink that.
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01-25-2007, 05:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Max Power
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LOL, I just realized!
Ron is such a party pooper 
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