mclaren111 wrote: ↑02 Aug 2018, 09:05
Motorsport.com - Gary Anderson
Why Key could face an impossible task at McLaren
Can someone with access please post this article here.
Thank you.
Some quotes from the article:
My only doubt about Key, even though I like him and rate him highly, is that Toro Rosso hasn't progressed since the standout season in 2015.
That car was, if I remember correctly, second quickest through Abbey at Silverstone - behind only Mercedes - and rival teams were talking up how good it was. But, again, by the nature of the team, it's always had fast but younger and less experienced drivers, so development direction is difficult to set.
He probably forgot that Toro Rosso used a 1 year old Ferrari after that and had to switch to a completely different Renault the year after and this year they're running Honda.
Hopefully, it's the correct direction. There are probably more people working in the design, research and development department at McLaren than Toro Rosso has in its entire team.
McLaren does do a lot right, and if you can combine that with what Key does right then you will have a stronger team
The turnaround, if it can be done, will take time. When you move to a new team, it takes a while to pick up how things work. You can't just dive in there and say 'This is how it's going to be' because that would destroy any motivation that was left.
McLaren does do a lot right, and if you can combine that with what Key does right, then you'll have a stronger team. But McLaren can't stand back and wait for the day he walks through the door, which could easily be a year away depending on how negotiations go with Toro Rosso. So, in the interim, McLaren needs to push on as effectively as possible with what it has.
He has the knowledge, the ability and the drive. But the big questions are whether he will be able to adapt to the requirements of a big team; and, even more importantly, will he have the time needed to put everything in place and with the right support?
For Key, the task at McLaren will be the biggest he has ever faced, but it could be just what he needs
F1 teams are so big nowadays that it's questionable if one person, no matter how capable, can turn things around.
It needs everything to be right for Key to be successful, which means it's going to be probably the most difficult challenge of his career - and could prove to be impossible no matter what he does.