Ron Dennis has sold all his McLaren shares
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Lol, I checked for an existing thread but it seems I just type too slow but like I said in the other thread will he just slip away quietly or with £275m burning a hole in his pocket will we see him back in the paddock, maybe with even a Chinese consortium, I'd still like to see him back heading up a new team or has he been there done that sort of thing?
Edited by Doink on Friday 30th June 11:45
Megaflow said:
When he was put on gardening leave I assumed that was just from the F1 team. I didn't realise it was from the whole group.
McLaren without Ron is a very strange concept. But, possibly a necessary one.
There was a time when the same was thought about Ferrari without Enzo or Lotus without Chapman........but given us humans are not immortal, at some point in the future there was going to be a McLaren without Ron anyway.......McLaren without Ron is a very strange concept. But, possibly a necessary one.
I hope he enjoys his hard-worked for gains. I've been a big fan of McL since the Project 4 days, following the team rather than any drivers.
It is sad to see one of the great managers going: Chapman, Ferrari, now Dennis leavs just Williams, although he's significantly different with Claire in charge and him remaining principal. It's still Williams.
Whilst it is good to seen that McL will continue in F1, it's not the same.
It is sad to see one of the great managers going: Chapman, Ferrari, now Dennis leavs just Williams, although he's significantly different with Claire in charge and him remaining principal. It's still Williams.
Whilst it is good to seen that McL will continue in F1, it's not the same.
Supersam83 said:
Does anybody know the reasons why the friendship and business partnership broke between Ron Dennis and Mansour Ojjeh which let to this situation yet?
Because F1 journos like to allude to things rather than put them in print (cough Joe Saward cough) the gist that is out in the public domain blames Ron's divorce and his opposition to racing in Bahrain as the primary reasons. His inability to see McLaren's real value to a sponsor is also in the mix.Megaflow said:
When he was put on gardening leave I assumed that was just from the F1 team. I didn't realise it was from the whole group.
McLaren without Ron is a very strange concept. But, possibly a necessary one.
We've had McLaren without Bruce for ages, McLaren without Ron somehow seems less of a leap...McLaren without Ron is a very strange concept. But, possibly a necessary one.
Doink said:
Lol, I checked for an existing thread but it seems I just type too slow but like I said in the other thread will he just slip away quietly or with £275m burning a hole in his pocket will we see him back in the paddock, maybe with even a Chinese consortium, I'd still like to see him back heading up a new team or has he been there done that sort of thing?
What was it EJ said - China F1 LTD was registered recently?!Edited by Doink on Friday 30th June 11:45
To me McLaren was a team I respected and admired on a professional level but never stirred the soul.
Can't say I'm not saddened. Ron's reign has been dying a slow death for nearly a decade (despite success with the automotive start up) after the Alonso/Ferrari spying scandal. What was it that Max Mosley said to Ron after giving McLaren a fine? "That's for being a c***t" It was meant to be chastening and stood down as Team Prinicipal but years later came the coup and f
ked it up.
Can't say I'm not saddened. Ron's reign has been dying a slow death for nearly a decade (despite success with the automotive start up) after the Alonso/Ferrari spying scandal. What was it that Max Mosley said to Ron after giving McLaren a fine? "That's for being a c***t" It was meant to be chastening and stood down as Team Prinicipal but years later came the coup and f
ked it up.swisstoni said:
How to make a small fortune.
Go into F1 with a big fortune.
I assume you are being ironic. Go into F1 with a big fortune.
It should be rewritten; how to make a small (is £250m small? I suppose so compared to others in the pitlane) fortune in F1. You couldn't start lower than he did; at 18 as a spannerman, mind you to the fabulous Rindt.
As someone posted; one of the greats.
Derek Smith said:
swisstoni said:
How to make a small fortune.
Go into F1 with a big fortune.
I assume you are being ironic. Go into F1 with a big fortune.
It should be rewritten; how to make a small (is £250m small? I suppose so compared to others in the pitlane) fortune in F1. You couldn't start lower than he did; at 18 as a spannerman, mind you to the fabulous Rindt.
As someone posted; one of the greats.
It was a forlorn attempt at a bit of levity really Derek.
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