McLaren doubt loud engines would deter sponsors
McLaren CEO Zak Brown does not think louder engines would scare away sponsors in Formula 1 as long as they were sustainable.
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‘No excuses’ if McLaren not title contenders by 2024
McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown says the team have no excuse to be anything but title contenders come the 2024 season.
‘Very cautious’ Brown ‘shocked’ by positive test
Zak Brown was “shocked” by his positive COVID-19 test which means he has to miss the British Grand Prix.
Brown tests positive for COVID-19
McLaren CEO Zak Brown has tested positive for COVID-19 and will not attend the British Grand Prix, the team have announced.
Brown ‘very in favour’ of a COTA double-header
Zak Brown, McLaren’s CEO, would be fully behind the Circuit of the Americas staging a second grand prix this season.
Brown keen to see F1 regulations loosened up
Now that teams are adhering to a budget cap, McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown would like to see a little more freedom in the regulations.
Brown urges immediate switch to secret ballots
Zak Brown has called for voting to be conducted by secret ballot at F1 Commission meetings to safeguard teams’ independence.
Seidl ’empowers people’ at McLaren – Brown
Zak Brown has paid a glowing tribute to McLaren team principal Andreas Seidl, saying the duo “work together brilliantly”.
‘Ferocious’ drivers can push McLaren forward
Zak Brown thinks there will be little to choose between McLaren’s two “ferocious” drivers this year as they set about reducing the gap to the rivals ahead.
Brown raises question marks about salary cap
Zak Brown expects the proposed salary cap to be introduced to F1 “in the next few years” – but thinks extending it beyond drivers would present a conundrum.
Brown: YDT ‘took on life of its own’ with Alonso
Zak Brown says the post-season ‘young driver test’ in Abu Dhabi “took on a life of its own” as rival teams managed to open up the rules.
‘Authentic’ Norris making McLaren ‘very proud’
McLaren have expressed their pride in the work Lando Norris has been doing to promote the mental health side of F1.
Was Brown’s driver dig at P3 rivals unjust?
How accurate was McLaren's Zak Brown to say Racing Point and Renault were ‘carried’ by one driver in the 2020 season? PlanetF1 readers respond...
Brown urges Williams’ owners to spend big
Zak Brown has told Williams’ new owners they need to spend big if they are to work their way up the Formula 1 pecking order.
McLaren have all ‘pieces of the puzzle’ required
Zak Brown believes McLaren now have all the “pieces of the puzzle” they need to become race winners and even World Championship challengers again.
Brown: Ricciardo equal to Alonso over one lap
Zak Brown believes Daniel Ricciardo would be the equal of Fernando Alonso in a single-lap shootout as he prepares to welcome the Australian to the McLaren team.
Brown: Alonso will be ‘tough to beat’ at Renault
Zak Brown, who had two years managing Fernando Alonso in F1 at McLaren, expects the Spaniard to be “tough to beat” when he joins Renault.
Brown: F1 shutdown did not harm McLaren
McLaren CEO Zak Brown has revealed the enforced shutdown of the team’s F1 operation earlier this year due to the global health pandemic significantly helped their finances.
Brown expects seven ‘serious contenders’ in F1
McLaren CEO Zak Brown has predicted Formula 1 will have up to seven “serious contenders” when the sport’s new regulations kick in.
McLaren could’ve kept Sainz, but wanted Ricciardo
Zak Brown has revealed that McLaren could have prevented Carlos Sainz from leaving, but didn't as the team wanted Daniel Ricciardo.
McLaren hit out at Racing Point’s ‘BS’ defence
McLaren CEO Zak Brown believes there could be other issues surrounding the legality of the Racing Point cars following the FIA’s verdict on their brake ducts.
Brown: McLaren won’t hide things from Sainz
Despite the fact that he's leaving for Ferrari at the end of it, McLaren won't hide anything from Carlos Sainz this season, Zak Brown says.
Brown calls for F1 to speed up 2021 decision
Zak Brown has said that F1 need to "get on with" deciding the rules for 2021 rather than waiting for each team to be happy.
McLaren have five-year plan for winning again
McLaren CEO Zak Brown has presented a five-year plan to the team to start winning races again, after six years without a victory.
Brown: 2020/21 Le Mans entry ‘compelling’
Zak Brown, McLaren's chief executive officer, has hinted at a possible return to Le Mans for the team.