News about Ron Dennis

Lewis Hamilton, his one-time mentor Ron Dennis, begins the new year with the apprehension of a knighthood, starts anew one: his eighth world title to cap the most illustrious career in Formula One history. The sport's factories are on break for the holiday season. There is currently no information about the teams' relative success over the winter, which will only be revealed as pre-season testing begins in Bahrain. However, it is also known that Lewis and Mercedes are having a good year. He's 39 on Sunday, so his clock isn't on his side.

JONATHAN MCEVOY: Another instalment in Formula One's world-most expensive soap opera known as Formula One aired this weekend, with Ron Dennis' promotion to Knight Bachelor status. Arise, Sir Ron! And so the long-awaited wish of the former McLaren owner's late-life is properly celebrated at the age of 76. Dennis is one of the sport's most notable figures. Bernie Ecclestone and Enzo Ferrari may have fallen apart over the broad sweep of the sport, but Dennis' perfectionism bordering on mania set the bar for all modern Formula One, not just for his hometown, Woking-based business that he turned into the country's most competitive team and the second best after Ferrari.

The 49-year-old has had a long and fruitful career in the sport, including his participation in five Constructors' championships while competing against some of the sport's most popular managers. Horner is the only team principal left standing from Red Bull's 2005 debut, and he was keen to know what differentiates some of the current stars from Bernie Ecclestone's likes of Max Mosley, Jean Todt, Ron Dennis, and Flavio Briatore. I had the opportunity to see how some legendary personalities were operating before I first got into the game,' he told Planetf1.com. 'Bernie Ecclestone and Max Mosley were handling the company assiduously.'

Exclusive BY JONATHAN McEVOY: "I'm pretty sure there are 25 hours in a day," says Zak Brown, McLaren's chief executive and a poster boy for the Do Not Work From Home campaign. 'It's the number of hours I work,' I guess.' So I am a workaholic. I'm a traveller. I have been on the road for 30 years, 275 days out of 365. I get four to five hours of sleep each night. "I am on a race track 40 weekends a year.' I think I'll do 17 or 18 F1 races. I'll do five or six IndyCar races. I'll be doing Formula E events. I'll run an Extreme E race. The Goodwoods will be on display. Les Mans will do me. I'll do some experiments.

RICHARD EDEN: Princess Beatrice has her style in mind. As she headed for a meeting in Mayfair, King Charles' niece, 34, was seen wearing a bow in her hair and writing the word 'love me' in gold. Sarah, Duchess of York, 63, Bea's mother, sported bows in the 1980s. Even the back of her wedding gown included a large bow when she married Prince Andrew. Sienna, Bea's 17-month-old daughter, and her partner, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, are married to Bea, who works for software company Afiniti.

Although Mercedes' current form - or lack thereof - as the fourth best team on the grid and committed to the difficult challenge of upgrading their car - could devolve into a terminal complaint as the season progresses, Hamilton wonders whether or not he'll win the eighth world championship representing what he's dubbed his'masterpiece'. And it may become a case not only of 'if' and 'when', but of 'where'?In other words, will he feel a pull to leave Mercedes and finish his career in pursuit of his one remaining racing dream at a team better equipped to power him to the elusive octuplet?

RICHARD EDEN: Sir Philip Green's family's story is going to be covered in mini-series, thanks to his sister Elizabeth, six years after part of his former High Street empire fell owing to £571 million to its employee pension fund. Not In The Script: Elizabeth tells me a 20-minute show clip has already earned a rapturous reception after being based on her memoir. Everybody loves it,' she says.' 'We are in talks with Roc Nation,' she says, referring to the entertainment empire established and operated by rapper Jay-Z, Beyonce's husband.