Motor racing-McLaren boss tells Kubica to mind his own business

By Alastair Himmer

FUJI, Japan, Oct 11 (Reuters) - McLaren team boss Ron Dennis on Saturday slammed suggestions that Formula One championship leader Lewis Hamilton was a dangerous driver.

BMW-Sauber driver Robert Kubica was reported in British newspapers to have called Hamilton "too aggressive," with the Pole saying he hoped Ferrari's Felipe Massa won the world title instead.

"I think he (Kubica) should focus on his own driving," Dennis said after Hamilton was fastest in qualifying for Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix, the Briton's sixth pole of the year and the 12th of his short career.

"He should leave that to those people whose responsibility it is to determine how good or bad a driver's performance is. There is obviously a regulatory process in place.

"I share the view held by probably everyone in this room and most of the people down the pitlane that it is refreshing to have a highly talented driver that has the ability to overtake and to do the pole positions he's done in what is only his second season in Formula One."

Kubica was quoted as saying Hamilton should have been penalised for reckless driving at last month's Italian Grand Prix when the Briton charged from 15th on the grid to finish seventh.

The Polish driver, a long-time friend and rival of Hamilton's from their karting days, reportedly accused the McLaren man of cutting across Toyota's Timo Glock and Renault's Fernando Alonso in Monza.

Hamilton, who takes a seven-point lead over Brazilian Massa into the race at Fuji, refused to get drawn into an argument.