F1 McLaren Bans Drivers From Drinking

[Zonda]

McLaren team boss Ron Dennis has banned his star driver line up of Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton from drinking alcohol during the 2007 F1 season. The only alcohol they will be permitted will be any champagne they win by finishing on the podium.

"We don't see why drivers need to have even a single drink during the course of a season," Dennis told the Mirror newspaper.

Apparently it has nothing to do with former driver Kimi Raikkonen's reported drunken antics during the past year.

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[LaArtist]

Lol it has to do with Kimi

 

[Zonda]

I think so too despite that Ron denies it.

Wonder what Johnny Walker thinks of this

 

[bum-man]

Alonso looks weird without his hair, I wonder if Ron shaved it off.

 

[siko]

Lol it has to do with Kimi

LOL... thats exactly what went through my mind!

 

[bmer]

Kind of a double standard if one of your biggest sponsors is the largest alcohol drinks producer in the world...

 

[PC Valkyrie]

Isn't that extreme? I wonder whether there have been studies to show that even occasional alcohol (when you're NOT driving/racing) affects performance at a grand prix. I doubt there is.....

 

[Imhotep Evil]

Alonso looks weird without his hair, I wonder if Ron shaved it off.

His eyebrows too.
Next, no sex one week before racing.

 

[Habitual Speeder]

Hmmm...an English sports team is trying to ban alcohol. That'll last...

 

[Monster]

Baning mclaren drivers from drinking? James Hunt must be turning in his grave.
Ron is running his F1 team like a high school headmaster, no wonder Alonso looked worried in the photo.

 

[Zonda]

C'mon Ron, you don't have to play daddy!

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