Ron Dennis has named Mika Hakkinen’s near-fatal crash in 1995 as the worst memory in his long McLaren career.<\/p>\n
The 63-year-old, for a long time the Woking based team’s F1 principal and still the executive chairman and shareholder, said his first title as boss – with Niki Lauda in 1984 – is his best memory.<\/p>\n
“The finest moment?” Dennis is quoted by Turun Sanomat in Finland.\u00a0 “Of course I should say it was the last championship with Lewis, but for me it was the first one with Niki.”<\/p>\n
The Briton did not hesitate when contemplating his lowest point.<\/p>\n
“The worst was when I had to go to a hospital in Adelaide after Mika’s accident,” revealed Dennis.\u00a0 “There was a possibility that a driver had died in my car.<\/p>\n
“Fortunately that never happened,” he added.<\/p>\n
Dennis named Hakkinen, Lewis Hamilton and Ayrton Senna as McLaren’s best drivers.<\/p>\n
“Mika I choose for his honesty, Lewis for his uncompromising attitude, and Ayrton because of his passion,” he said.<\/p>\n
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