Ron Dennis has admitted that McLaren’s current boss is better than he was at managing “world champions” driving for the Woking based team.<\/p>\n
Dennis, still executive chairman and a significant shareholder of the British company but no longer the F1 team principal, was asked by F1i magazine about McLaren’s current driver lineup of Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button.<\/p>\n
“Managing the co-habitation of two world champions is often a challenge,” he said.\u00a0 “I have tried it a few times.\u00a0 Martin is perhaps showing himself to be better than me at that role.”<\/p>\n
Martin Whitmarsh, Dennis’ long-time deputy, took over the role of team principal at the beginning of 2009, and he is now tipped to also retain the FOTA chairmanship in 2011.<\/p>\n
Under Dennis’ stewardship in 2007, Hamilton clashed memorably with Fernando Alonso, whose fractious relationship with his boss lasted only one difficult season.<\/p>\n
20 years before that, the pairing of Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost is remembered as one of the bitterest in F1 history.
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