Originally Posted by Assa2:
“I can't see Dennis returning as team principal. I would not be surprised if he's already got Brawn lined up for that but that would only work if Brawn has been promised full autonomy. Mclaren is a far bigger company than just the F1 team these days so the role of CEO encompasses much wider responsibilities. I'm surprised the same person was ever given CEO and Team Principal roles together in any case.
You get the feeling that F1 is in for a turbulent couple of years. Bernie's legal issues and possible repercussions, the impact of the changes to the regulations shaking the grid up possibly, financial troubles still very much present for some of the teams (if Lotus drop down the grid they are doomed)...”
“I can't see Dennis returning as team principal. I would not be surprised if he's already got Brawn lined up for that but that would only work if Brawn has been promised full autonomy. Mclaren is a far bigger company than just the F1 team these days so the role of CEO encompasses much wider responsibilities. I'm surprised the same person was ever given CEO and Team Principal roles together in any case.
You get the feeling that F1 is in for a turbulent couple of years. Bernie's legal issues and possible repercussions, the impact of the changes to the regulations shaking the grid up possibly, financial troubles still very much present for some of the teams (if Lotus drop down the grid they are doomed)...”
Funny sort of situation though.
Seems like any deal with Brawn is likely to happen sooner rather than later.
I mean, it's probably only going to, what?, May or June when they start work on the 2015 car so if Brawn rocks up at McLaren toward the end of the year, his first opportunity to get involved in the design of a car will be for the 2016 season with success probably not expected until 2017.
The only way to speed that up would be to get him on board before McLaren start work on next year's car.
Maybe there'll be some kind of deal where Brawn "consults" this year, with input on next year's car and Whitmarsh works 12 month's "notice"?
Feel a bit sorry for MW if the writing is on the wall.
I can't help thinking that, whoever was in charge of whatever team, the last few years were always going to be in RBRs favour.
Sometimes a team just hits a "sweet spot", as was the case with McLaren in the 80's, Williams in the 90's and Ferrari in the 2000s.
I bet Ron's hoping that RBR don't do well this year so he can offer Adrian Newey a job too.






