McLaren team boss ensures success: 'Race winner again'

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11:55, 23 Jan 2022

McLaren have had to work hard in recent years to get back among the top teams. Last season they came fourth in the Constructors' Championship and proved to have made considerable strides. According to Scott Mitchell, this is largely due to Zak Brown.

Under the leadership of the McLaren team boss, the team's ambitions were immediately high. Although the outside world did not have immediate confidence in the possibilities McLaren saw, Brown stuck to his beliefs and in recent years built a team that proved capable of competing with Mercedes and Red Bull Racing in some races.

"It turns out Brown knows a thing or two about running an F1 team after all," said the journalist from The Race. "He has taken McLaren to being a top three/four team and a race winner again, reunited it with Mercedes in the process with one of the team's most significant strategic moves under his watch, and secured its future."

McLaren have high hopes for 2022

This coming season, McLaren hopes to make some real progress. The new regulations seem to give the team a good chance to compete for the world title. With Daniel Ricciardo and Lando Norris it seems that McLaren have two drivers in house who are capable of making things difficult for Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton.

Pos.	Driver	Team	Points
1	Kimi Antonelli Kimi Antonelli	MercedesMER	179
2	George Russell George Russell	MercedesMER	136
3	Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton	FerrariFER	132
4	Lando Norris Lando Norris	McLarenMCL	85
5	Charles Leclerc Charles Leclerc	FerrariFER	83
6	Oscar Piastri Oscar Piastri	McLarenMCL	82
7	Max Verstappen Max Verstappen	Red Bull RacingRBR	76
8	Isack Hadjar Isack Hadjar	Red Bull RacingRBR	42
9	Pierre Gasly Pierre Gasly	AlpineALP	41
10	Liam Lawson Liam Lawson	Racing BullsRCB	31
11	Oliver Bearman Oliver Bearman	HaasHAA	18
12	Franco Colapinto Franco Colapinto	AlpineALP	16
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

McLaren team boss ensures success: 'Race winner again'

McLaren have high hopes for 2022

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