Ron Dennis: Embracing sacrifice was secret of my McLaren success
The meeting room is lightly furnished and understated. He sits on a chair drawn slightly back from the table, as though to sprinkle informality on the conversation. This is stylish Mayfair in central London, not where he came from but it came to him because he was good at what he did. More than that. He was Ron Dennis, owner and boss of the hugely successful McLaren motor racing team for more than 30 years.
Don't ask how many grands prix his team won. As for drivers' championships and constructors' titles, let's not go there either. The short answer is plenty. He set out to be the best in the world. For a time he was. What you now have is a man two weeks
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