And itâs not just Honda to blame. What happened tp Mclaren at the British GP? The previous year Hamilton had lapped Buttonâs Honda here. - posted in Racing Comments Archive: What was The Mclaren team smoking? In hindsight, it was clearly the first warning sign of decline of the team, but I still struggle to understand what happened. What happened instead, of course, was that Brawn began the season with F1âs fastest car and McLaren the slowest. Official McLaren memorabilia > 2019 With the Renault partnership starting to gel, and rookie star Lando Norris pushing the experienced Carlos Sainz hard, re-establish themselves as clear âbest of the restâ behind the big three teams. - posted in Racing Comments: With some free time at home as a result of the pandemic, I checked out the stats of the 2013 season and I noticed what a mediocre McLaren had. The Mysterious Case of the 7 Missing McLaren F1sâand One Theory About What Happened to Them A new video from Car Throttle attempts to solve the mystery of the missing F1s. McLaren F1 CEO Zak Brown has opened up on the pain of a horror 2017 which has been full of technical debacles, the latest of which saw Alonso unable to ⦠McLaren F1 GTR McLaren Elon Musk goes through life with a "go big or go home" type of attitude. This happened despite Daimlerâs part ownership in McLaren. In 1963, Bruce McLaren founded the McLaren team.We contested our first Formula 1 race in 1966 and won our first F1 grand prix in Belgium in 1968. Then there was the persuading of Ojjeh's TAG company to leave Williams, who had brought it into F1 as a sponsor, and join McLaren - then fund the development of a turbo engine from Porsche. BY BRYAN HOOD ON DECEMBER 31, 2019 There are rare cars and then there are McLaren F1s. I wonder what Mercedes is thinking about all of this? Welcome to the official website of McLaren Racing, home to the McLaren Formula 1, INDYCAR and esports teams. McLaren MP4-28: What happened? They couldnt seem to get anything right in their pit stops at Silverstone. There were no major rule, personnel or engine supplier ⦠However, McLaren has clarified that the edited video did not reveal the true circumstances around what happened - and the team has emphasised how seriously it is taking the coronavirus protocols. At Istanbul, as Brawnâs Jenson Button romped to his sixth victory in seven races, Hamilton had been unable to even get the McLaren out of Q1. Problem four: Itâs not just the engine. Another thread in this story is that when the 2008 financial crash happened, Honda suffered a 40% drop in sales from a particular quarter. The rise of Brawn GP widened McLarenâs rift with Mercedes. Despite still being considered an F1 superpower, McLarenâs current ignominy is far from a recent exception. So, the easy way out for Honda was to make budget cuts by cutting the $300 million.