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McLaren weighing up funding options including partial F1 team sale

The McLaren Group is reportedly looking at selling part of its Formula 1 operation in order to raise much needed funds in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The British outfit could follow in the footsteps of Williams, which is also exploring ways of raising funds including the sale of a minority/majority stake or a complete sale of the historic team. Although McLaren's financial position is stronger than Williams thanks to better on-track results in recent seasons – albeit still some way off the top teams – and a normally profitable road car business, the pandemic has hit sales hard and pushed McLaren Automotive into a £133m loss for the first quarter of 2020. The pandemic has...
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