McLaren will again control race if needed

The Woking-based team were subjected to an FIA investigation following the Monte Carlo race after Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso were told not to fight each other for the lead of that race.

With the FIA having cleared McLaren of any wrongdoing, however, Dennis says his team's approach to this race will be no different - with Alonso and Hamilton free to battle each other until the team feel it would be best for them to hold station.

When asked what the team's approach to letting the drivers fight it out for the win in Canada, Dennis replied: "They will be allowed to race, full stop, up to any point that we feel it is strategically right to protect our finishing positions."

World champion Alonso admitted himself that he would not fight for the win all the way through the race tomorrow if he was following Hamilton after the second pitstop.

"After the second stop, or with ten laps to go, fighting with your teammate, normally, you are not as aggressive as if you are fighting with a Ferrari or someone else," the Spaniard said.

"Tomorrow, how many laps is the race? 65, 66, 70? If I'm not P1 and I'm not fighting with the main opponents like Ferrari or BMW, I will not risk anything. I need the eight points. I need to win the championship in Brazil, not here."

Dennis has further made it clear that he does not view such action, or what happened in Monaco, as team orders.

"We never issued team orders," he said. "We had a racing strategy to come first and second at Monte Carlo. That is what we were there to do, and that is what we did.

"To achieve that you have to cover every eventuality. That is what we did and that is what is very apparent when you read the findings of the FIA."

And Dennis is adamant that both drivers are given absolute equality of treatment, even though they often have to pick different strategies for them.

"We work hard on providing drivers with equality and we don't damage that equality in any way," he said.

"We don't favour one driver over another, and we are very comfortable with what we do and how we do it."