The Weekly Grapevine
Amid increasing speculation that Ron Dennis is preparing to step back from the race team at McLaren, Dieter Rencken takes a closer look at one of F1's most intriguing personalities
The Dennis Enigma
Will it be all change at McLaren this year?
Already reeling from a headline-grabbing US$100m fine and the global shame associated with its uncontested conviction by the FIA in September last year, the team seems set to be hit by upheaval in Ron Dennis' personal life, and a rumoured 'side-step' by the man who pulled himself up by his bootstraps to go from apprentice mechanic to become chairman of one of the sport's iconic teams.
Whilst analysis of Dennis domestic situation has no place in these pages - despite the fact that such crises invariably impact on professional commitments, and are therefore bound to affect Formula One in some way or other - his much-rumoured pending retirement is sure to change the face of the sport, certainly in the short term.
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