2018 McLaren F1 Team - Renault

[M840TR]

Some quotes from Zak's Q&A on the official team website:

I’m excited that James will be starting in time not to influence the 2019 car on its debut, but certainly to help its progression over the course of the season, and most importantly have him be the ‘father’ of the MCL35.
Finally, we’re making good progress on the sponsorship and partnership front. It’s safe to say, you’re going to see some great new brands on our car on the grid in Australia, so I’m very satisfied with the efforts the marketing and commercial departments are putting in to find us great partners to come on this journey back to winning races.

https://www.mclaren.com/formula1/team/z ... a-3166752/

[RonDennis]

Some quotes from Zak's Q&A on the official team website:

I’m excited that James will be starting in time not to influence the 2019 car on its debut, but certainly to help its progression over the course of the season, and most importantly have him be the ‘father’ of the MCL35.
Finally, we’re making good progress on the sponsorship and partnership front. It’s safe to say, you’re going to see some great new brands on our car on the grid in Australia, so I’m very satisfied with the efforts the marketing and commercial departments are putting in to find us great partners to come on this journey back to winning races.

https://www.mclaren.com/formula1/team/z ... a-3166752/

I'still hoping for a bigger deal with Coca-Cola.

[Ground Effect]

Some quotes from Zak's Q&A on the official team website:

I’m excited that James will be starting in time not to influence the 2019 car on its debut, but certainly to help its progression over the course of the season, and most importantly have him be the ‘father’ of the MCL35.
Finally, we’re making good progress on the sponsorship and partnership front. It’s safe to say, you’re going to see some great new brands on our car on the grid in Australia, so I’m very satisfied with the efforts the marketing and commercial departments are putting in to find us great partners to come on this journey back to winning races.

https://www.mclaren.com/formula1/team/z ... a-3166752/

I'still hoping for a bigger deal with Coca-Cola.

https://i.postimg.cc/SKz3yXf8/mclaren-coke.jpg

Would be great if they're able to secure a blue chip sponsorship, like Amazon....

[diffuser]

Some new Quotes from Zak

"You don't quite know what the competition is going to do, there's a decent amount of new development with the aero [rules] which hopefully gives us a chance and a bit of a reset because we need to get it right this time. So we're just hoping to be much more competitive."

"I think everyone's excited to have two new drivers," said Brown. "There will be some excitement on the grid, how's our car, we've got two new drivers and some new partners on the car."

https://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12479 ... -f1-season

Not as excited as we would have been with 1 new driver and Alonso.....

[diffuser]

The only thing I would add to this is that they should never have joined that first year. They got locked in, the regulations made it impossible to correct fundamental flaws in their design. It wasted 2 more years. Ultimately led to the disastrous season of 2017, where they were finally allowed to completely revamped the PU from head to toe. They would have been better off running a mule at Suzuka the first 2 years.

It's been more than once that Honda denied the use of a mule.
In any case huge respect to Honda.

Now we need consistency with Renault engine and i hear that it will deliver.

I'm not sure Honda denied any mule testing. It was Mclaren who wanted exclusivity.

I think what he's trying to say is that once they were in F1, a Mule was against the rules. As long as they were on the outside they could have used a Mule till they were blue in the face.

[diffuser]

Some quotes from Zak's Q&A on the official team website:

I’m excited that James will be starting in time not to influence the 2019 car on its debut, but certainly to help its progression over the course of the season, and most importantly have him be the ‘father’ of the MCL35.
Finally, we’re making good progress on the sponsorship and partnership front. It’s safe to say, you’re going to see some great new brands on our car on the grid in Australia, so I’m very satisfied with the efforts the marketing and commercial departments are putting in to find us great partners to come on this journey back to winning races.

https://www.mclaren.com/formula1/team/z ... a-3166752/

I'still hoping for a bigger deal with Coca-Cola.

https://i.postimg.cc/SKz3yXf8/mclaren-coke.jpg

That Picture is uglier than Sin. I would opt for the Coke Zero colors ...

[M840TR]

Some quotes from Zak's Q&A on the official team website:

I’m excited that James will be starting in time not to influence the 2019 car on its debut, but certainly to help its progression over the course of the season, and most importantly have him be the ‘father’ of the MCL35.
Finally, we’re making good progress on the sponsorship and partnership front. It’s safe to say, you’re going to see some great new brands on our car on the grid in Australia, so I’m very satisfied with the efforts the marketing and commercial departments are putting in to find us great partners to come on this journey back to winning races.

https://www.mclaren.com/formula1/team/z ... a-3166752/

I'still hoping for a bigger deal with Coca-Cola.

https://i.postimg.cc/SKz3yXf8/mclaren-coke.jpg

I think Monster would suit better.

[M840TR]

It's been more than once that Honda denied the use of a mule.
In any case huge respect to Honda.

Now we need consistency with Renault engine and i hear that it will deliver.

I'm not sure Honda denied any mule testing. It was Mclaren who wanted exclusivity.

I think what he's trying to say is that once they were in F1, a Mule was against the rules. As long as they were on the outside they could have used a Mule till they were blue in the face.

A mule is just a small team used to test the engine, which is totally permitted.

[RonDennis]

Some quotes from Zak's Q&A on the official team website:



https://www.mclaren.com/formula1/team/z ... a-3166752/

I'still hoping for a bigger deal with Coca-Cola.

https://i.postimg.cc/SKz3yXf8/mclaren-coke.jpg

I think Monster would suit better.

Or Heineken.

[diffuser]

I'm not sure Honda denied any mule testing. It was Mclaren who wanted exclusivity.

I think what he's trying to say is that once they were in F1, a Mule was against the rules. As long as they were on the outside they could have used a Mule till they were blue in the face.

A mule is just a small team used to test the engine, which is totally permitted.

Ahhhhh, for Me a Mule is a f1 Car you put your PU into and drive around a track. not permitted.

[M840TR]

I think what he's trying to say is that once they were in F1, a Mule was against the rules. As long as they were on the outside they could have used a Mule till they were blue in the face.

A mule is just a small team used to test the engine, which is totally permitted.

Ahhhhh, for Me a Mule is a f1 Car you put your PU into and drive around a track. not permitted.

It's hard to decipher sarcasm from text... sometimes.

[M840TR]

I'still hoping for a bigger deal with Coca-Cola.

https://i.postimg.cc/SKz3yXf8/mclaren-coke.jpg

I think Monster would suit better.

Or Heineken.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C-DHdVuXsAAeSkb.jpg

Heineken could actually be a sponsor next year if Chandon left due to all the drama these past two years.

[RonDennis]

I think Monster would suit better.

Or Heineken.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C-DHdVuXsAAeSkb.jpg

Heineken could actually be a sponsor next year if Chandon left due to all the drama these past two years.

Nah, they don’t sponsor teams, only sports.

[trinidefender]

Some positive sponsor news

https://www.crash.net/f1/news/911745/1/ ... rship-deal

[RonDennis]

Some positive sponsor news

https://www.crash.net/f1/news/911745/1/ ... rship-deal

This is probably one of the reasons why McLaren wants their own Indycar team, because you could make a great package deal for the US and the global market.