Warwick Brown

In the wake of the resignation of racing director Eric Boullier, which has prompted a reshuffling of technical staff, Brown is under no illusions about the scale of the outfit's problems.With its disappointing form at the start of 2018 having exposed clear weaknesses, Brown is working on a major overhaul that he hopes can get it back to the front.Reflecting on why the former ...

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The Woking-based outfit announced on Tuesday that the McLaren Group was now being split into three clear divisions – McLaren Applied Technologies, McLaren Automotive and McLaren Racing.Previously, there had been two sides to the company - McLaren Automotive and the McLaren Technology Group, which comprised Racing, Applied Technologies and Marketing.The decision to simplify the ...

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As has been the case in recent years the Suzuka and Mount Panorama races clash on the first weekend of October. However, Brown has already decided that he'll skip Japan and make the long trek to Bathurst to watch over the Walkinshaw Andretti United squad that he part-owns.The primary motivation, according to Brown, is a long-held desire to check out Australia's biggest Touring Car ...

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With clear differences of opinions between teams and F1 owners Liberty Media about its vision for grand prix racing from 2021, there have been predictions of some 'fireworks' in talks that are scheduled to take place in the near future.And that is why McLaren executive director Zak Brown thinks the time has come for the FIA to do more to help push things along, and avert the ...

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With clear differences of opinions between teams and F1 owners Liberty Media about its vision for grand prix racing from 2021, there have been predictions of some 'fireworks' in talks that are scheduled to take place in the near future.And that is why McLaren executive director Zak Brown thinks the time has come for the FIA to do more to help push things along, and avert the ...

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Each team has an individual bilateral contract with Formula One Management tying it to the championship and these expire at the end of 2020.Ferrari's includes the right to veto regulations as well as a stipulation it will receive a long standing payment and a constructors' championship bonus each year from FOM revenues.Mercedes, Red Bull, McLaren and Williams also receive additional ...

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In the past, former McLaren team principal Ron Dennis suggested that the era of the title sponsor in F1 was gone, and Brown agrees with that view, despite the likes of Red Bull and Sauber attracting support for next season."I don't think we're going to have a title sponsor per se," said Brown. "What I think we're going to have are major partners."If you look at F1 no one really ...

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