Ron Dennis
Ron Dennis
Ronald Dennis CBEis a British businessman, Formula One Team Principal and is an Official British Business Ambassador. Dennis is the Global Consultant for Minsheng Investment Corporation and also owner of Absolute Taste. He is most well known for his role as owner, CEO, chairman and founder of McLaren Technology Group which houses a Formula 1 team, Technology Company and more...
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth1 June 1947
jobs winning race
I always thought, from day one, that winning races was just doing your job.
skills racing generations
Ayrton Senna was an extraordinary racing driver. His skills, craft, subtlety and courage were of such magnitude that he dwarfed his generation of drivers.
dream men one-man
McLaren started as the dream of one man, and it's since grown to encompass the hopes and dreams of more than 2000 men and women.
business team simple
In difficult circumstances, teams either separate or come closer together, it's as simple as that
winning said
As I've always said, McLaren exists to win, and win we will.
sports mean phones
I received a phone call from the chief executive of my principal sponsor [Marlboro], who actually told me that it would be in the interests of the sport if I started to lose races. Which, I mean, just blew my mind.
banks common difference equity everybody felt formula growth interests last month positively push taken term towards
I think the difference in the discussions that have taken place in the last month ... is that the push now is more towards what is in the long term interests of Formula One. That is where probably the acquisition from the banks of the equity by CVC has been most positively felt because they want stability, they want growth and now we participate in that growth so everybody has a very common interest.
blue drivers massively observing tight
It is massively frustrating on a tight circuit, and it is massively frustrating when drivers are not observing blue flags.
absolutely blameless juan mistakes situation victim
It was an absolutely blameless situation for Juan Pablo, he was really the blameless victim of other people's mistakes,