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Dennis: Choosing an F1 driver is not only about their talent

McLaren supremo Ron Dennis jetted into Denmark this week to ask local companies to help power Kevin Magnussen back onto the Formula 1 grid, rather sooner than later and ominously declared that drivers need to bring funding to F1 teams irrespective of their talent. 'When teams are choosing between these young drivers,' he said during his trip, 'unfortunately it's not only about their talent.' 'It's also about the support they have from companies or countries. Kevin will succeed with or without your help, but it's just a much bigger challenge for him when his opponents are young people from countries with huge support.' As Fernando Alonso was drafted in for the start of the works...
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