Ron Dennis has sent shock waves through the motorsport world by stepping down as the head of the McLaren team.

Ron has been the head of the team for almost 30 years and has seen many great races and made drivers into World Champions, Alain Prost, Ayrton Senna, Niki Lauda, Mika Hakkinen and last season Lewis Hamilton.

Ayrton Senna Phoenix 1991

Ron Dennis first stepped F1 when Enzo Ferrari was still standing on the pitwall keeping his eyes on his Ferraris, in 1980 Ron Dennis Took over McLaren slowly building them into a winning team that would be considered one of the most successful in Formula 1 and the team that produced legends and hero’s of the sport.

Ron Dennis

Martin Whitmarsh McLarens Chief Executive will now be looking after the McLaren Mercedes team and has the experience of been Ron’s right hand man for the last 20 years so the team is been left in safe hands with someone who knows the racing series well.

Ron Dennis’s presence has been absent from the first few races of 2009 and most and tv interviews have been conducted with Martin Whitmarsh who has given a very honest opinion on very thing.

Martin has been with McLaren since 1989 when he became Head of Operations and has slowly worked up the McLaren rankings in 1997 he was promoted to Managing Director at McLaren Racing his next promotion came back in 2004 where he was appointed CEO of Team McLaren Mercedes, only 1 year later he became Chief Operating Officer for the McLaren Group and today he is the team Principal of Vodafone McLaren Mercedes.

Martin Whitmarsh

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