It wouldn't surprise me if Zak was doing Newey a favour by feigning talks to sign him and force Strolls purse to open a little more. I'd be more surprised if he didn't lolCjC wrote: ↑07 Aug 2024, 13:30Yep.Ground Effect wrote: ↑07 Aug 2024, 12:11Like all leading teams, McLaren considered whether to try to sign Newey, but Brown is confident enough in the strength of the team now that he says he is not going to pursue him.
"We're not going to sign Adrian," Brown says. "I'm very happy with the team. Adrian is a great friend, huge talent, resume [CV] second to none. But with what we have in place here, I couldn't be happier. We can get the job done. I'm happy with the race team we have and we're going to try to win the world championship with the team sitting here today."
There's that.
Full article https://www.bbc.com/sport/articles/clynnlndevjo
We can now continue to watch the stroll team fans cream themselves over the prospect of signing him
I agree with Zac I think it would upset the apple cart too much at Mclaren, who have proved they are more than capable of hauling in Neweys input at Red Bull.
I think the upside to siding him would potentially give his new team a head start on design or at the very least allow them to catch up in the design office fairly quickly but that just adds pressure to his new team- especially the high expectations from the fans who no doubt didn’t know/ forgot that it took him 3 seasons to create a racing winning car, 4 to create a championship winner.