90feet wrote: ↑26 Jan 2025, 15:11
Emag wrote: ↑26 Jan 2025, 03:27
90feet wrote: ↑26 Jan 2025, 01:45
You guys are really massively underestimating the kind of budget McLaren had in previous years. They weren't at the top, sure, but they weren't far behind those top teams. The lack of sponsors on the car was a bit misleading; a big part of that decline was because Ron was inflexible about the deals he'd accept and would only sign sponsors who paid like it was 2007. Zak has solved that problem in large part by being willing to accept a lot of smaller deals.
Regardless, the idea that McLaren was chronically underfunded and had to be rescued by the budget cap is simply not correct. McLaren's turnaround is a result of putting the right people and the right leadership positions and more efficiently using the resources they had always had at their disposal.
I think you're the one who is overestimating the budget McLaren was working with. Once Honda departed, McLaren were struggling with severe financial issues.
They were on the brink of bankruptcy in 2020
Can you think of anything else that happened in 2020 that might've been responsible for that?
The idea that McLaren had to be rescued by the budget cap is completely and totally made up and that is not debatable. I have literally never heard this asserted anywhere other than in this thread. Perhaps you guys need to peek outside of your bubble.
Brother, all the comments Zak made about liquidating assets was just PR bullshit. They were on deep financial struggles and he had to try and maintain a positive public image during those dark years.
McLaren needed several injections from the Bahrain fund to remain operational. Their automotive business has been bleeding money for a long time.
It was no secret that McLaren was struggling for money. I am actually not quite sure why you think it’s the opposite?
Every major financial decision made from the McLaren group in the last decade screams financial struggles.
On top of that, Zak himself has publicly accepted now that they were on the brink of shutting the factory down. Why do you think we are fabricating claims?
