Ron Dennis reiterates equal treatmentMcLaren Mercedes has moved to quell claims of an internal feud following Lewis Hamilton's maiden championship victory at the Montreal Grand Prix last weekend.
Hamilton's surge atop the championship's driver standings has rankled
with his team-mate
Fernando Alonso, who has complained that the English rookie is being given favourable treatment.
"Since the beginning I did not feel at all comfortable," he told Spanish radio Cadena Ser on Tuesday. "I am with an English team-mate, at an English team, which is brilliant. We know that all of the help goes his way. I've understood that from the first moment and I'm not complaining about it."
McLaren team chief Ron Dennis however claims both drivers have a 'positive and growing partnership' and insisted there is no favouritism towards the young Briton.
In a statement on the team's website Dennis added: "It's completely understandable that the results of each Grand Prix are going to provide both the British and the Spanish media with an opportunity to hang on every word that the drivers say - and sometimes quotes are taken out of context which can put a completely different spin on an innocent remark.
"The Vodafone McLaren Mercedes team is made up by extremely passionate and competitive people and there is a healthy competition between the teams working on each car - this is inevitable and there is no issue with that.
"However I can categorically state once again that both drivers have equal equipment, equal support and equal opportunity to win within the team and both Fernando and Lewis know and support this.
"Fernando's comments when read carefully are correct; he hasn't been with the team long and the relationship can only continue to develop. The team is not going to do anything to jeopardise this positive and growing partnership."
Source AFP
