News Details

McLaren “needed” 2019 turnaround - Brown

McLaren CEO Zak Brown says his team’s impressive resurgence during the 2019 Formula 1 season was “needed”. After a disappointing 2018 campaign in which McLaren often had the second slowest car on the grid and finished sixth in the constructors’, the Woking squad recovered brilliantly to move up to fourth. A new driver line-up consisting of Carlos Sainz and rookie Lando Norris, along with managerial and team personnel changes including the arrival of team principal Andreas Seidl and technical chief James Key boosted McLaren as it progressed up F1’s midfield pecking order to beat its engine suppliers Renault. “It was a good season and it was what we needed,” Brown said when...
Full Story »
5y ago from Crash.net 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Zak Brown admits hiring Lando Norris was a risk

Zak Brown admits that taking on Lando Norris for the 2019 season was a...
5y ago from GPBlog.com

Brown: Red Bull Can be a Bit Rough on Their Drivers

McLaren's Zak Brown has heaped praise on his driver Carlos Sainz while...
5y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Brown: McLaren are still a young team

McLaren CEO Zak Brown is not expecting his resurgent team to be placed...
5y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Zak Brown says there is no better time for Mercedes...

McLaren boss Zak Brown says that 2021 is the perfect time for McLaren to...
5y ago from GPBlog.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Rinus VeeKay fills IndyCar’s last open seat with...

Dale Coyne Racing has announced that Rinus VeeKay will drive for the team...
14h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Doug Boles named IndyCar President in leadership...

The NTT IndyCar Series announced on Tuesday morning that longtime...

Andretti Global shows off new liveries for 2025...

Andretti Global has revealed a trio of new liveries for the team’s cars...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Elfyn Evans clings on to Rally Sweden lead

Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin lost the lead of Rally Sweden twice, once to...
10h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Elfyn Evans leads Rally Sweden after Umeå sprint

In spite of running first on the road, Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin took...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Saturday's Premier League predictions including Man...

Sports Mole provides score predictions and previews for all of today's...
15m ago from SportsMole.co.uk

Arsenal's Myles Lewis-Skelly out to break Gael Clichy...

Arsenal defender Myles Lewis-Skelly could break a Gunners Premier League...
6h ago from SportsMole.co.uk

Comments

Hottest News

Williams show off their 2025 F1 car

On the back of McLaren surprise filming day with... Read More »
10h ago from F1Technical.net

New sponsor set to pay Aston Martin team only in...

More and more F1 teams are sponsored by partners... Read More »
10h ago from GPBlog.com

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.