Thank you for having me. Oh, its a great pleasure to have you here. I have read how you fell in love with motorsport as a teenager. I think you went to brands hatch when you were a teenager and just loved the smells, the sights of it. Do you still have that love of motorsport today . I still enjoy watching a grand prix, but save for that, its really a thing of the past for me. The main reason for me changing direction, i dont even know how to spell retirement, was really the looming of my 70th birthday. And it was a little scrappy at the end, i have to say, primarily driven by disagreement over the value of my shares. But once. In the mclaren group, which you had done so much to create and to build. Well. I like to feel that i pretty much built it. Of course, no one individual builds anything, but, um, when i left the building on my 70th birthday, because that was very symbolic to me. Mm. It was really a full stop in a chapter of my life. I want to take you right back. I mean, it seems
Sir ron dennis, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. Oh, its a great pleasure to have you here. I have read how you fell in love with motorsport as a teenager. I think you went to brands hatch when you were a teenager and just loved the smells, the sights of it. Do you still have that love of motorsport today . I still enjoy watching a grand prix, but save for that, its really a thing of the past for me. The main reason for me changing direction, i dont even know how to spell retirement, was really the looming of my 70th birthday. And it was a little scrappy at the end, i have to say, primarily driven by disagreement over the value of my shares. But once. In the mclaren group, which you had done so much to create and to build. Well. I like to feel that i pretty much built it. Of course, no one individual builds anything, but, um, when i left the building on my 70th birthday, because that was very symbolic to me. Mm. It was really a full stop in a chapter of my life. I want to
just one in six female victims of sexual assault tell the police about it we ll be asking why they re so reluctant. and in rugby union, wales have their sights on a six nations grand slam. coming up on bbc news, four wickets forjofra archer, as england s cricketers chase 186 to seal a t20 series win against india. good evening, and welcome to the bbc news at six. the eu medical regulator has, in the clearest possible terms, backed the oxford astrazeneca vaccine. it follows a week in which several eu countries suspended their roll out of the jab citing fears over a link to blood clots in a small number of people. here, the regulator confirmed it s been investigating five cases of a rare blood clot, but confirmed its longstanding view that the oxford jab was safe. there s been some more detail about why there s been a problem with the supply of vaccines to the uk, but the health secretary said no appointments would be cancelled. tonight, borisjohnson said we remain on track
also on the programme tonight. pressure grows on the first minister nicola sturgeon. it s understood the holyrood committee investigating the handling of harassment claims against alex salmond believes she misled their inquiry. the duke and duchess of sussex condemn the predatory practices of the british tabloids, after the sun paid a us private investigator to gather information about meghan markle. he says he then acted illegally. a decade after the war in syria began, the misery inflicted on a nation we look at the role of president assad during this brutal conflict. and coming up in sport on bbc news trouble at tottenham, as spurs are knocked out of the europa league late in extra time by dynamo zagreb. good evening. most of the european countries that suspended the use of the oxford astrazeneca vaccine have said they will start using it again, after the eu s medical regulator declared it safe and effective . italy, germany, france and spain are among those resumin