Ron Dennis insists he did not fall out with the McLaren owners and also confirmed he would never return to the sport he spent the majority of his career a part of.

It was thought the long-time McLaren chief left in acrimonious circumstances after falling out with fellow shareholders – but Dennis insists that was not the case.

Ron Dennis sets the record straight on McLaren departure

Speaking to the Times, Dennis said it was only the values of his shares that caused friction and that he himself had planned to step away.

“I was always going to leave on my 70th birthday,” he said. “I wanted to change direction. I didn’t feel I had a great deal left to prove in motorsport.

“Over the last eight years I have been catching up on things I didn’t have time to do when McLaren was my life.

“I have been so damned competitive and obsessive with motor racing that it was to the detriment of everything else. People say, ‘Tell me what the secret is, you know, of your success, and I say it’s the same secret a top athlete has. It is coming to terms with the word sacrifice. If you don’t know what sacrifice means, what you have to give of your life to be the very best at something, you’ve got no chance of being anything.

“People talk now about life balance and I know this is a sensitive subject in our society now. I get it. Everyone has a choice.

“But if you want to achieve, don’t expect things to be given to you. Come to terms with the meaning of sacrifice, the importance of focus,...

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