News Details

Dennis refuses to sell title sponsorship for under £50m

McLaren chairman Ron Dennis says a title sponsor must be willing to stump up around £50 million ($76m) a season if it's to have its logo on his car. The Woking team has been without a title sponsor since Vodafone ended its partnership at the end of 2013. The telecommunications giant contributed upwards of £40m ($60m) a season along with other benefits. The team has struggled to attract a replacement, despite Dennis' promises, partly in thanks to McLaren's lack of results which has seem them without a race win since 2012. The 67-year-old has now described title sponsors as 'a thing of the past', and although unwilling to accept less than £50m for the privilege, he admits...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Ron Dennis : ‘We are Manchester United'

Since parting company with Vodafone, McLaren have been without a title...
10y ago from FormulaSpy.com

McLaren: Title sponsors are in the past

Declaring McLaren to be the 'Man United' of Formula 1, Ron Dennis says he...
10y ago from PlanetF1.com

Rival teams pocket £34m by blocking Marussia return

The former Marussia team, which looked set to return to the grid as Manor...
10y ago from GrandPrixTimes.com

Alonso hasn't made any status demands - Dennis

Ron Dennis says a new relaxed attitude has allowed him to work with...
10y ago from GrandPrixTimes.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Detroit GP expected to remain downtown amid potential...

Following the conclusion of the Detroit Grand Prix, organizers have...

Santino Ferrucci issued post-race penalty but keeps...

The NTT IndyCar Series has issued a penalty to the #14 entry of Santino...

Louis Foster reveals likely cause of scary 180MPH...

On lap 84 of Sunday’s Detroit Grand Prix, Louis Foster was involved in...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Co-driver dies after crash during Jim Clark rally in...

Roberts, 39, was pronounced dead at the scene near Duns in the Scottish...
1w ago from TheGuardian.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Former Arsenal player hailed as a ‘massive talent’...

Former Arsenal player Jay Emmanuel-Thomas has been jailed for four years...
2h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Arsenal interested in Rodrygo as striker and winger...

Arsenal are interested in Real Madrid's Rodrygo as they continue to...
3h ago from SkySports.com

'In advanced talks' – Fabrizio Romano reveals a...

Arsenal are reportedly in advanced talks to bring in Matteo Tognozzi to...
5h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.