{"id":356368,"date":"2023-12-29T23:54:20","date_gmt":"2023-12-30T00:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=356368"},"modified":"2023-12-30T05:01:59","modified_gmt":"2023-12-30T05:01:59","slug":"kings-overdue-honour-to-legendary-senna-boss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=356368","title":{"rendered":"King's 'overdue' honour to legendary Senna boss"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ron Dennis, the legendary McLaren<\/a> boss who turned the team from backmarkers into a world championship-winning team has been knighted<\/p>\n

Dennis, who was at the helm of McLaren, including for Ayrton Senna<\/a>'s three F1<\/a> world title years in 1988, 1990 and 1991, was given the award as part of King Charles' New Year Honours list.<\/p>\n

Having already received a CBE in 2000, the 76-year-old was given his Knighthood for services to the motorsport industry, as well as his charity work.<\/p>\n

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Since leaving F1 in 2017, Dennis has been a patron for the Tommy's Campaign \u2013 a UK pregnancy charity that funds research into stillbirth, miscarriage and death during childbirth.<\/p>\n

\"Ayrton<\/p>\n

Dennis' reign at McLaren began in the 1981 season, a year after they finished ninth in the constructors championship.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Just four years later, they were a title-winning squad when Niki Lauda won his fourth and final World Championship in 1984.<\/p>\n

Dennis was at the helm of the Woking squad throughout its dominant era led by Senna in the late-80s and early 90s.<\/p>\n

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After leading the team to another dominant constructors title, Red Bull team principal Christian Horner was also honoured, made a Commander of the British Empire for his services to motor racing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

"It was an unexpected distinction a decade ago to be presented with an OBE and to receive this second award, a CBE, is one for which I am hugely grateful and deeply honoured," he said.<\/p>\n

"It is a great privilege to lead and work alongside such a phenomenal team as Oracle Red Bull Racing and also to work in an industry that contributes so much to the UK economy.<\/p>\n

"I am enormously proud of what we have achieved with Red Bull in Formula 1 and in the wider high technology arena, and I am hugely honoured to be recognised for that effort."<\/p>\n

The F1 season gets underway in Bahrain on March 2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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