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31/01/2008 15:59
Madrid - Bernie Ecclestone believes McLaren cost their driver Lewis Hamilton the Formula One championship last season.
The F1 chief executive said in Thursday's edition of the Spanish newspaper Marca that the British team's neutrality policy toward their drivers kept Lewis from becoming the first rookie champion.
"Lewis could have won the championship last season, but the team let him down," Ecclestone said. "If they hadn't, he would have won it."
The 80-year-old Ecclestone also said it was better that Fernando Alonso returned to Renault after a disappointing year with McLaren "because the truth is that he wasn't happy where he was."
Last season, Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen won the drivers' championship by a single point over Hamilton and Alonso.
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