His team may hav✅e lost all its points in the constructors' championship as a result of the Formula 1 spying row, but Ron Dennis has at least managed to get his hands on a trophy to mark the team's achievements during the 2007 campaign.

The McLaren team boss, who will hope to see Lewis Hamilton or Fernando Alonso lift the drivers' title in 🧔Brazil later today, was presented with a home-made trophy by the team mechanics in Sao Paulo - something Dennis admitted showed the strength within his squad.

"I was very pleased to get the constructors' trophy yesterday from the mechanics, that they made," he told Reuters. "That was a nice touch.

"A lot of people still think we are a pretty cold, gr🧸ey team. Well, that's far from th🐈e truth. The team realise it has been a bit of a tough season, so it was just a nice gesture.

"It meant a lot to me because it shows that in adversity we've come clos❀e together and fouღght hard. It has just got a very strong sentimental value.

"It will sit somewhere approܫpriate, probably in my office at🌳 home."