Ron Dennis coming back ?
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I have just been reading on the Sky News website that Ron Dennis is trying to sort out a deal which would see him back at the helm of Mclaren F1.
Apparently Dennis owns 25% of the company, Mansour Ojjeh also owns 25%. That is the bit that Ron wants, have a read for yourselves, its a long article.
Apparently Dennis owns 25% of the company, Mansour Ojjeh also owns 25%. That is the bit that Ron wants, have a read for yourselves, its a long article.
I always understood via a trust that their shares were tied.....so neither could buy the other out. Logically the Bahraini shareholders would wish to dissolve some of their shares and get a return upon their massive investment. Mansour Ojjeh is a huge asset to McLaren, possibly more so than Ron.
Ingenere said:
They actually need something.
I felt bad that their 50th anniversary year was such a disaster. If Dennis was running the show, I doubt that would have happened.
What they do not need is a 'boardroom' battle. I felt bad that their 50th anniversary year was such a disaster. If Dennis was running the show, I doubt that would have happened.
I've been a fan since that start of MP4 and this season was extremely 'difficult'. There's a group of us who watch F1, together when we can, and we all take the mickey out of one another. This season I got sympathy. Very painful.
I've got the feeling that with the Honda deal coming in '15, next season might well be difficult as well.
Oh! for the days when it was just the pit stops that were an embarrassment and not the points.
All depends how Whitmarsh and Dennis get on these days?
Whitmarsh was hired and groomed by Dennis for his current role, so be a big change to remove him.
If next years car is a hound, then i think Whitmarsh will be toast, they will then maybe hire Ross Brawn into the role to help show Honda they know what they are doing!
Whitmarsh was hired and groomed by Dennis for his current role, so be a big change to remove him.
If next years car is a hound, then i think Whitmarsh will be toast, they will then maybe hire Ross Brawn into the role to help show Honda they know what they are doing!
rubystone said:
Ojjeh and Dennis used to be close. Not any more. But maybe Mansour's brush with mortality may have changed this. I hope so; their differences should be in the past now. But this really has nothing to do with the F1 business...shareholdings have little to do with influence.
Very true but when Ron and Lisa divorced the relationship with Mansour and his wife Kathy soured. Am not sure how good the lines of communication are today. Lisa stays close to the children and Mansour / Kathy plus their daughter. Gassing Station | Formula 1 | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff