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McLaren supremo admits controversial driver choice ‘painful’
McLaren supremo admits controversial driver choice ‘painful' – Mere hours ago, his F1 career appeared over, but Jenson Button is now half of what Ron Dennis is hailing as 'easily the best lineup' in F1 today.
But as ever in formula one, there was more than meets the eye to the controversial and protracted delay in deciding the identity of Fernando Alonso's Honda-powered teammate.
Conventional wisdom says team supremo Dennis, who favoured the young Kevin Magnussen, was ultimately out-voted by the McLaren board including fellow shareholder Mansour Ojjeh.
Magnussen, at just 22, sees his race career stall at the first hurdle but he reacted by posting on Twitter a photo of The...
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