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Ron Dennis has stepped down as chairman and chief executive officer of the McLaren Technology Group following a shareholders meeting on Tuesday.Dennis, who has been involved with McLaren since 1980, has been placed on gardening leave until his contract expires in mid-January. Dennis had unsuccessfully tried to seek a High Court injunction to prevent a move from taking place.Dennis owns 25 percent of McLaren group; long-time business partner Mansour Ojjeh owns the other 25 percent, with Bahrains Mumtalakat investment fund holding the controlling 50. In a defiant statement confirming the news, Dennis said other shareholders had forced through his departure despite warnings of dire consequences.The statement said: I am disappointed that the representatives of TAG and Mumtalakat, the other main shareholders in McLaren, have forced through this decision to place me on gardening leave, despite the strong warnings from the rest at the management team about the potential consequences of their actions on the business.The grounds they have stated are entirely spurious; my management style is the same as it has always been and is one that has enabled McLaren to become an automotive and technology group that has won 20 Formula One world championships and grown into an ￡850 million a year business.Throughout that time I have worked closely with a series of talented colleagues to keep McLaren at the cutting edge of technology, to whom I will always be extremely grateful.Ultimately it has become clear to me through this process that neither TAG nor Mumtalakat share my vision for McLaren and its true growth potential. But my first concern is to the business I have built and to its 3,500 employees.Dennis will retain his shareholding in the group but his statement hints he already has plans beyond McLaren.?I will continue to use my significant shareholding in both companies and my seats on both boards to protect the interests and value of McLaren and help shape its future.In addition I intend to launch a new technology investment fund once my contractual commitments with McLaren expire.This will capitalise on my expertise, my financial resources, together with external investment to pursue the many commercial opportunities I have been altered in recent years but have been unable to take up while being so committed to the existing business.Dennis helped turn McLaren into a force in Formula One, spearheading several periods of dominance and winning multiple world championships. He played a pivotal role in securing Honda engines to replace Mercedes in 2015. 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Hamilton has beaten Rosberg to the last two world championships, but Alonso says it is no surprise to see the battle swing in Rosbergs favour this year.I think they were quite equal two years ago when the championship was decided in the last race, he said. They were up and down that year. I think last year Lewis was much quicker and had the championship with good margin.I think this year Nico was very strong, was more consistent, had less reliability issues also, so that was probably a bit of an advantage but I think apart from last year I think they have always been quite competitive.I dont think anyone thought that the championship waas easy for Lewis this year.dddddddddddd I dont think even he thought like that when it started.We know Nico is very consistent, he is very strong in some circuits, even here in Brazil he was always winning the last two years, even if Hamilton was dominating at other circuits.We know that Nico is a very strong driver, very consistent as well. He normally finishes all the races, many many podiums, so I think he will always be a title contender and this year he is even ahead of Hamilton. So we will see the outcome.Alonso says the two Mercedes drivers are evenly matched and he believes reliability could be the defining factor in this years title battle.Well see if it will be decided here or in Abu Dhabi, he said. I think reliability also will play a big factor because if something happens to one of the two in any of the two races maybe its enough for the other to win the championship. ' ' '