Ron Dennis' 36-year stay with McLaren comes to an end
Long-standing McLaren boss Ron Dennis has parted company with the British 決まり文句／製法 One team after losing a bitter boardroom 論争 with his fellow 株主s.
The 告示 on Tuesday evening brings to an end his 36-year stay with the team whom he spearheaded to a number of driver and 建設者s' 選手権s. Dennis was also instrumental in 吊りくさび Hamilton's grand prix career after 調印 him for McLaren in 2007.
Dennis, 69, last week failed in a High 法廷，裁判所 企て，努力，提案 to stop the McLaren board from placing him on gardening leave until his 契約 満了する／死ぬs in January.
Ron Dennis is leaving McLaren
But に引き続いて 非常に長い discussions on Tuesday, Dennis has 明らかにする／漏らすd he will be 放棄するing his position as chairman and 長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある of one of the sport's most successful teams.
"I am disappointed that the 代表者／国会議員s of TAG and Mumtalakat, the other main 株主s in McLaren, have 軍隊d through this 決定／判定勝ち（する） to place me on gardening leave, にもかかわらず the strong 警告s from the 残り／休憩（する） of the 管理／経営 team about the 可能性のある consequences of their 活動／戦闘s on the 商売／仕事," Dennis said in a 声明 解放（する）d on Tuesday night.
"The grounds they have 明言する／公表するd are 完全に spurious; my 管理／経営 style is the same as it has always been and is one that has enabled McLaren to become an 自動推進の and 科学（工学）技術 group that has won 20 決まり文句／製法 One world 選手権s and grown into an £850 million a year 商売／仕事.
"Throughout that time I have worked closely with a 一連の talented 同僚s to keep McLaren at the cutting 辛勝する／優位 of 科学（工学）技術, to whom I will always be 極端に 感謝する."
Dennis 持つ／拘留するs a 25 per cent 火刑／賭ける in the McLaren 科学（工学）技術 Group, but there has been rising 緊張 with his Saudi-born 商売／仕事 partner Mansour Ojjeh, who also 持つ／拘留するs 25 per cent of the 商売／仕事, with the remaining 50 per cent in the 手渡すs of Bahrain 君主 wealth 基金 Mumtalakat.
Dennis, who has been 伴う／関わるd with McLaren since 1980, 追加するd: "最終的に it has become （疑いを）晴らす to me through this 過程 that neither TAG nor Mumtalakat 株 my 見通し for McLaren and its true growth 可能性のある.
"But my first 関心 is to the 商売／仕事 I have built and to its 3,500 従業員s. I will continue to use my signi?cant shareholding in both companies and my seats on both boards to 保護する the 利益／興味s and value of McLaren and help 形態／調整 its 未来."
Dennis stood 負かす／撃墜する as McLaren team 主要な／長／主犯 in 2009 but returned as 長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある five years later.
The Englishman oversaw Ayrton Senna and Alai n Prost's historic tussle for the 肩書を与える as McLaren drivers in 1988 and 1989 before Mika Hakkinen clinched 支援する-to-支援する 選手権s with the Woking-based outfit in 1998 and 1999. Hamilton also won his first 肩書を与える in only his second year in the sport as a McLaren driver 支援する in 2008.
But the British team's success has 乾燥した，日照りのd up in 最近の years, and their 新たにするd 関係 with Japanese engine 製造業者 Honda has failed to 供給する a return to winning ways. Fernando Alonso was only 10th at the 最近の Japanese Grand Prix while his team-mate Jenson Button crossed the line in last position.
Dennis is 見解（をとる）d as one of the most 影響力のある and important 人物／姿／数字s in the 決まり文句／製法 One paddock for the past four １０年間s.
His 出発 from McLaren on Tuesday signals the end of an 時代 for the sport. Speaking on Saturday, Bernie Ecclestone, the sport's 86-year-old 長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある, said: "We don't want to lose Ron.''
ツバメ Brundle, the Sky Sports pundit who raced under Dennis for McLaren in 1994, tweeted: "So The Ron has gone. Very mixed feelings and emotions on that but I guess you 得る what you （種を）蒔く. A visionary, but has bruised too many folk."
