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Which, frankly, is exactly what McLaren should have done for the last 3 years...
Which of course all becomes irrelevant if it gets Red Bull an extra 50 hp for next year.
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
I agree about banger racing. I used to take my lad to the track at Dover to watch them. I remember one race where they were all driving Reliant Robins, which was hilarious, and then there's the caravan race.
Racing for rednecks, but great fun to watch!
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
And speaking of Paddy, is he actually all that? He's been at teams during some very successful times, but he always struck me as not necessarily being the leader of that success. At Merc he inherited a great car from Brawn, and clearly the basis of the phenomenal team (and engine programme...) that they are today was entirely built under Brawn planning for the hybrid era, and Paddy arrived just in time to oversee the astonishing cars they've had from 2014 onwards. Obviously he & Wolf have led the team through a great period, but i'm not sure Paddy himself can take much initial credit there.
He was at McLaren through a lot of success, but that was the era of the Newey cars, who is widely regarded as the driver of success in the late 90's. Equally, the 2007 car was Pat Fry-designed, and while the title-winning 2008 car was Paddy's, it wasn't a major change from the car they had the year before. When the rules changed in 2009 everything went to shit under Paddy's control.
I'm not saying this is conclusive by a long shot, but I do wonder..
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Also, while googling to confirm the above, I found this photo of McLarens from 2007-2011 which shows how ludicrously big they've become. As I understand the current Mercedes is even longer still.
With the Merc engine and plenty of funding from Pop Stroll, Sirotkin and Martini, there really is no excuse.
That said, Lowe’s pedigree is impeccable; the mastermind behind the active suspension on the 92-93 Williams, a long stretch with McLaren and then Technical Director of Merc during their most dominant era. Granted he inherited the structure from Ross Brawn, but he maintained that momentum for the next 4 years.
I really want to see him succeed, but to be the only team slower this year than last it's looking really bad
Alternatively, he could be a victim of internal politics. I’m sure there must’ve been a few people who had their eye on the job and were disgruntled by his arrival. Or he could just be unlucky.
In any case, I hope things turn around quickly for Williams. Pop Stroll’s body language seemed ‘impatient’ in Bahrain.