Ron The Revisionist

This ought to be an interesting pairing

(Editor's note: with the return of Fernando Alonso to McLaren, we seem to have a bit of revisionist history from one Ron Dennis. In the text below Autosport, the McLaren boss mentions that Alonso's then-teammate Lewis Hamilton was not entirely to blame for the 2007 'Spygate' scandal.)

"To go back to that period, you look at this young guy, understandably perceived by many people as the chosen one," he said.

"But [he was] also someone who had immaturity, and really, who struck the first blow?

"I would say Lewis had his role to play in starting this process which escalated."

Fernando Alonso

Alonso added: "As long as you are honest with yourself and you learn from the things you did, it's time to think of the future.

"This is not anymore 2007 McLaren-Mercedes, this is McLaren-Honda which is a completely different thing in my opinion.

"Jenson [Button] is not Lewis, and I am not the same as in 2007. (Editor's note: all will be well between Button and Alonso, so long as Alonso is the one ahead)

"I am sitting here ready for this challenge because I see no problems at all and I see this as a winning project."