Chinese investors bid for McLaren - Sky News report


Formula One - F1 - Mexican F1 Grand Prix - Mexico City, Mexico - 28/10/16 - McLaren's Jenson Button of Britain during the first practice session. REUTERS/Henry Romero

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - An unidentified consortium of Chinese investors has made a 1.65 billion pound ($2.08 billion) takeover bid for McLaren with group head Ron Dennis seeking to stay in charge, Sky News reported on Friday.

It said the offer, which Sky understood was presented to shareholders by Dennis last week, involved an asset manager and private equity funding. No details were given.

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