Former McLaren Formula One team boss Ron Dennis has been banned from driving for six months after a string of traffic offences.
A team spokesman confirmed today: "Our executive chairman's driving licence has been suspended for six months following four minor traffic infringements that resulted in 12 penalty points being accrued."
The announcement and ban imposed on Dennis comes a mere two weeks before the formula One season starts in Melbourne, Australia. In 2008, Lewis Hamilton was charged with reckless driving outside the Alert Park circuit. The local newspaper - The Surrey Advertiser said Dennis, 63, had admitted to driving through a red light as his latest infringement.
the former boss told the magistrates court that he feared bringing his executive-class Mercedes to a sudden stop would possibly cause a collision with a car in close attendance behind him. "There were only two other cars around but I felt that it would be more prudent to continue rather than stop," he was quoted as saying on the website (www.getsurrey.co.uk).
Martin Whitmarsh took over the reigns of the team in 2009 with Dennis taking on an executive chairman role and shifting his focus onto the company's new McLaren MP4-12C supercar.
Martin Whitmarsh took over the reigns of the team in 2009 with Dennis taking on an executive chairman role and shifting his focus onto the company's new McLaren MP4-12C supercar.
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