diffuser wrote:Manoah2u wrote:
so, will eric take responsibility and leave?
If Ferrari can fix their things by givin' the entire team the boot, surely Mclaren can do it too?
let's start with Mr. Bouillier, and have Ron return to Woking and appoint some men that really
know what they're doing.
Did Whitmarsh ever pop up again or is he still floating around in some oil drum somewhere?
Last I heard, Whitmarsh working some sailing project with Newey.
Didn't McLaren do the reboot thing last year? They sacked some people from their Aero. Eric is the guy they called in to perform the reboot. It's only his second season and to be honest, He started in Jan of 2014. He's been there barely 12 month. You can't blame last year's car on him. It was Whitmarch's ,he inherited it.
PP's only been there since Sept so they've got alot of changes to make.
Yes, but i can't really see it working. I don't see the passion or the level of commitment needed to get to #1 from mr. Bouillier. If you look at Ferrari, the restructuring had immediate effect. At Mclaren, i rather see a continuation of how Ferrari was in the Domenicali-era.
To be honest, i don't think Eric is champion-leadership material. I think somebody like Christian Horner would do a much better job @ Mclaren imho. I get a far too corporate businessman vibe from Eric, rather a organising manager instead of a man who is going to push people in the right direction, something Arrivabene clearly masters and Horner seemingly also has, and people like Brawn and Wolff also have.
I get his 'transition' feeling from Eric, though i must say Mclaren imho has become way too sterile environment. It's like there is no passion and passion gets pr-d away.
Who to replace him with? good question, i rather don't know - but, as Ferrari has shown, it doesn't neccesaril have to be a F1-experienced lad.
I would be inclined to advise somebody with the likes of
Andrew Wilson—CEO of Electronic Arts ,
whom turned EA up by 96% stock price, recognising the desire and demand of the 'product' that could be offered and then adapted the company to respond and supply in a resolving and satisfying manner,
something EA avoided the years before but competition did not.
It would be a man that has the experience to adequately respond to the situation, and turn the 'company' into the right direction. Meanwhile, as head of EA, he could even find himself bringing a sponsor to Mclaren and offering an interesting multimedia platform through his connections at EA.
Bring Ross Brawn out of retirement to assist/pair with Andrew Wilson. Send Ron Dennis back to the Mclaren Car division to have him sit at his deck with his neck up.