"Only works team status can win championships", says Boullier

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14:28, 26 Jun 2018

McLaren sporting director Eric Boullier claims that only teams with works team status can win F1 World Championships.

Boullier, who has come under mass amounts of scrutiny recently, has been speaking to ESPN France about the matter.

"I think Red Bull is showing that you can win races as a customer, but I think winning a championship is another level, you need to have a works team status," Boullier said.

This quote from Boullier goes against McLaren's decision to part company with Honda last year and instead pair up with Renault.

McLaren were also getting a heavy financial injection from Honda when partnered up with them for their power unit supply.

Since the split, McLaren have paid for their own.

Boullier stands by his team's decision, though: "It's true that this time last year we had no points at all, so obviously we are now in the fight for fourth with Renault and once again, we would prefer to be comfortably fourth, which was one of the targets we had assigned to ourselves.

"This car this year is obviously not working exactly how we expect to be but we are still using this as an experimental experience.

"We want to learn from this car and learn as well as working with Renault because it's a different partner from last year who we worked with for some years.

Pos.	Driver	Team	Points
1	Kimi Antonelli Kimi Antonelli	MercedesMER	156
2	Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton	FerrariFER	115
3	George Russell George Russell	MercedesMER	106
4	Charles Leclerc Charles Leclerc	FerrariFER	75
5	Lando Norris Lando Norris	McLarenMCL	73
6	Oscar Piastri Oscar Piastri	McLarenMCL	70
7	Max Verstappen Max Verstappen	Red Bull RacingRBR	55
8	Isack Hadjar Isack Hadjar	Red Bull RacingRBR	37
9	Pierre Gasly Pierre Gasly	AlpineALP	32
10	Liam Lawson Liam Lawson	Racing BullsRCB	28
11	Franco Colapinto Franco Colapinto	AlpineALP	19
12	Oliver Bearman Oliver Bearman	HaasHAA	18
13	Arvid Lindblad Arvid Lindblad	Racing BullsRCB	14
14	Carlos Sainz Carlos Sainz	WilliamsWIL	6
15	Alexander Albon Alexander Albon	WilliamsWIL	5
16	Esteban Ocon Esteban Ocon	HaasHAA	3
17	Gabriel Bortoleto Gabriel Bortoleto	AudiAUD	2
18	Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso	Aston MartinAST	1
19	Nico Hulkenberg Nico Hulkenberg	AudiAUD	0
20	Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas	CadillacCAD	0
21	Sergio Perez Sergio Perez	CadillacCAD	0
22	Lance Stroll Lance Stroll	Aston MartinAST	0

"Only works team status can win championships", says Boullier

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