When Ron Dennis arrived at McLaren in late 1980 he found a team that was at a low-ebb and struggling to repeat past glories. They hadn’t won a Grand Prix since 1977 and had just gone a whole season without a podium finish. Fast forward to 2014 and the situation is not all that dissimilar. After a disastrous 2013 campaign in which McLaren failed to record a podium result for the first time since, you guessed it, 1980, Dennis has returned to the forefront of the Woking squad’s racing operation. In this exclusive interview he explains his motivation for assuming control once more and discusses what the future holds for Formula One racing’s second-oldest team…Q: Ron,...
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