Nonii tämän mukaan Kimi ei misään nimessä aja Mäkillä? Kukakohan toimittaja on ollut asialla?
McLaren boss Ron Dennis says that the team will continue to bide its time before deciding on Fernando Alonso’s team-mate for 2007.
With Kimi Raikkonen all set to be named as a Ferrari driver for next year after the Italian Grand Prix on Sunday, attention will soon focus on the vacancy at the Woking-based squad alongside the world champion.
Alonso himself said on Thursday that he would rather find out who he will partner soon, so that he can build up a rapport with him before next season.
But Dennis told a press conference at Monza that McLaren has still not made a decision on the second driver and claimed that hiring a driver of Alonso’s calibre had bought the team more time.
“We are clearly aware of where we are as regards our driver line up and we are very fortunate that we have Fernando driving for us next year, which gives us the option of choice,” he said.
It seems likely that the remaining seat will be taken by either current race driver Pedro de la Rosa, test driver Gary Paffett or GP2 sensation Lewis Hamilton.
Hamilton has been strongly linked with the drive throughout 2006, but despite being odds-on to wrap up the feeder series’ championship at Monza this weekend, Dennis says no decision has yet been taken on his protégé’s next move.
“I along with Norbert [Haug] and Martin [Whitmarsh] have avoided all dialogue about what role he will play in our future until after this weekend because he has got a job to do and that is to win the GP2 championship," he said.
"That is his job now and when that is finished one way or the other then we will look to his future and what part McLaren Mercedes will play in it.
“But certainly there is no decision taken.”
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Eli voita ny Hamilton niin päset ykkösiin kisakuskiksi jos et voita niin katotaan mitä sitten? Kovaa bisnestä mutta niin pitääkin koska aina pitäisi voittaa. (tietenkään ei ole aina mahdollista vaikka olisit muita parempi) Näinhän se oli vähän Kovalaisen viimeisessä kisassa vuosi sitten...mutta jos ei vehkeet kulje niin ei silti saisi tehdä mokia...