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Ron Dennis Q&A

McLaren was the only team to bring both of its cars safely home in Brazil, and a third consecutive victory has left it top of both championship tables. So far at each race one of the team's drivers has lost a potential win through something out of his control. In Melbourne Kimi Raikkonen had a speeding penalty, in Malaysia David Coulthard had an early electronic failure, and in Brazil, DC suffered again by being called to the pits just before the red flag. Exactly how the latter race might have panned out had it run its course remains a mystery, for at the time of the stoppage conditions were clearly favouring Giancarlo Fisichella and Bridgestone. Adam Cooper spoke to Ron Dennis after the finish



"I don't believe in luck!"



"I think the bottom line was we had a very good car balance for wet conditions, and in the wet we were an absolute dominant force. When it dried we had a bit of a temperature problem with the tyres, and it could have cost us the race. The outcome would have been a second and third, and I think that would have been the right outcome. You can't take anything away from Fisichella - he's done very, very well."



"The Bridgestones were definitely better in drier conditions, but part of the problem here was they were clearly too adventurous in their choice. A lot of the incidents were the result of that very racy decision to bring a full intermediate as opposed to a tyre that's more suitable to the circuit. Michelin and the teams that work with them have a very balanced, professional view as to what should be raced here."



"Just basically overheating the rear tyres."



"We were on the cusp of switching maybe to a dry tyre on his stop. David had fuel to go to the end, but tyres would have been a problem."



"It's very early. He's done a great job, but it in many ways it was David's race. He was well in control of the race, and it was just unfortunate that he had to stop then for fuel. We timed it as late as possible, and in fact it was one lap later than I would have liked, but the engineers run the car. We stretched it one more lap, and the red flag happened to come out at that time, and caused him to be fourth as a result of it. That's motor racing, and there are other races he's going to win."



"The new car will come when it's ready, fully tested and developed, and as reliable as what we've got. We've not got a date, we've just some very difficult programming targets. It's a challenging project. There's a lot of innovation in the car, and hopefully it will allow us to win races at the end of the season as well as these that we've won at the beginning."

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