Confused yet? I still am!

From my original understanding it was that Ron Dennis was the one whom alerted the FIA to the fact that some new evidence exist... but now I'm reading that he only sort of did?

On 14/9/07, a day after the FIA doled out McLaren's fine grandprix.com reported: "the identity of the man who tipped off the FIA that there was additional evidence against McLaren: it was none other than Ron Dennis." they said he did this in order to "deprive Alonso of this rather unsavoury negotiating tool and negate the possibility of anyone else using it against McLaren and because it was the right thing to do Dennis reported the information to the FIA in the hope that his display of good faith would underline the fact that the team has been honest throughout the investigation."

However, from another article on grandprix.com posted 19/9/07 it is said "Referring to a conversation on the Sunday morning at the Hungarian GP, Dennis said that Alonso was "extremely upset with what had taken place the previous day (Saturday), but nowhere nearly as upset as I was. He said things that he subsequently and fully retracted. Within the passage of material, he made a specific reference to e-mails from a McLaren engineer. When he made this statement, I said, “Stop”. I went out, brought Mr Whitmarsh him in, and Fernando said everything again, in front of his manager. When he had finished, I turned to Martin Whitmarsh, asking what we should do with this particular part of the conversation. Martin said we should find Max. After Martin and Fernando left, that is exactly what he did. I recounted the entire conversation to Max. I was upset and angry, but mainly upset. Max calmed me down. He said that I should do nothing. I started to calm down. Then, prior to the race, Fernando’s manager came and said that he had lost his temper and completely retracted everything he said. When I phoned Max, Max was understanding and said things to me that are irrelevant here, though I would be more than comfortable sharing them. He was completely understanding and said that, on the basis of what I told him, if he felt there was any real validity in what Fernando had said, he would contact me prior to taking any action."

In recent stories it is said that in fact Fern Alonso went to Ecclestone on SATURDAY of the Hungarian GP weekend, which was a day before the Fern/Ron eruption. Now there are reports coming out claiming Bernie was in fact the guy who tipped off the FIA first, and not Ron Dennis. Considering that it was said Ron Dennis went to the FIA the day of the Hungarian GP, which would have been on a Sunday when Alonso said what he said in their argument. Yet on Yahoo UK's F1 page there was an article from 15/9/07 saying "Alonso and Hamilton were not on talking terms for the rest of the weekend and paddock sources said the angry Spaniard had talks with Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone on the Saturday after qualifying."

On 19/9/07 on Yahoo UK's F1 page I read this: "But Dennis suggested in Paris that "Bernie said that he may have seen something" and that he "would pass it to Max Mosley. I do not know what that is," the McLaren boss added. "I do know that Bernie said it was in Spanish, but I do not know how this material came to the knowledge of the FIA," he added, also in the presence of Ecclestone, who is F1's Chief Executive.

So if I am to believe the information I've gleaned from various websites, it seems as though Ron Dennis was in fact in the dark on Saturday, which is when I believe Alonso may have shown Ecclestone his evidence which he again raised to Ron the next day. So at the very least, Dennis was probably not the first person to contact the FIA concerning the fact that Fernie Alonso and Pedro "I'm Just a Test Driver" de la Rosa had swapped communications clearly showing that not just one rogue McLaren employee was privy to the knowledge of there being Ferrari information in the team camp.

So yeah. I'm just flat out confused at this point. In conclusion I'm guessing a pissed Alonso went to Ecclestone on Saturday of the Hungarian GP and mentioned the emails. On Sunday, Fernie was still pissed and now he was fighting with his boss and decided to whip out the info again. Who knows when Ecclestone told Mosley/FIA what he'd heard Saturday. All we do seem to know is that upon hearing Alonso's threat, Dennis called Mosley. Maybe Mosley already knew what Ron knew. I don't know. It's all very sketchy. Maybe if I had the time to fully read the FIA transcripts that were released today I would be less confused, but I bet that I may just be left feeling even more confuzzled. When I have the time I'll have to pour over that stuff.