All change at McLaren

SKILL · 17 Jan 2014 at 09:08

Could we see Hamilton go back to McLaren?

I can't remember if his Merc contract is for 2 or 3 years, although they can be broken easily enough anyway. And with potentially Ross Brawn as team principal and Ron as his boss that might be appealing for Lewis?

this_is_gav · 17 Jan 2014 at 09:12

Spunkey said:
That says more for the mentality of Alonso than it does anyone else.

Alonso didn't cover himself in glory, but don't let the PR machine that was Ron's bubble around Hamilton let it distort things. As soon as it was clear Hamilton was a potential title challenger, McLaren, and Dennis in particular, treated Alonso like ****.

FrankJH · 17 Jan 2014 at 10:44

SKILL said:
Could we see Hamilton go back to McLaren?

I can't remember if his Merc contract is for 2 or 3 years, although they can be broken easily enough anyway. And with potentially Ross Brawn as team principal and Ron as his boss that might be appealing for Lewis?

Cant see that happening any time soon but you never know

Duke · 17 Jan 2014 at 12:20

Ron, Ross, Alon/But please

FrankJH · 17 Jan 2014 at 12:33

Duke said:
Ron, Ross, Alon/But please

That would be fabulous.....as long as the car's performance came up to scratch

~Mike~ · 17 Jan 2014 at 13:00

Duke said:
Ron, Ross, Alon/But please

FrankJH said:
That would be fabulous.....as long as the car's performance came up to scratch

All five would be great!

leaskovski · 17 Jan 2014 at 13:24

andicole0 said:
Where's Ross Brawn when you want him?

Andi.

Writing letters. My Mrs received a personally signed letter from him yesterday.

I'm framing it.

andicole0 · 17 Jan 2014 at 13:33

leaskovski said:
Writing letters. My Mrs received a personally signed letter from him yesterday. I'm framing it.

Wow cool!

I wonder if MW could be moving to help BE as he'll need an assistant this year at least.

JB has said he doesn't want to be team principle since Alain Prost said it was the worst thing he ever did! I think he'd do a good job but I'd like to see JB on the Sky team.

Andi.

Lumeycom · 17 Jan 2014 at 13:57

Duke said:
Ron, Ross, Alon/But please

Dennis and Alonso in the same team again? Cannot see it myself

FrankJH · 17 Jan 2014 at 14:13

andicole0 said:
Wow cool!

I wonder if MW could be moving to help BE as he'll need an assistant this year at least.

JB has said he doesn't want to be team principle since Alain Prost said it was the worst thing he ever did! I think he'd do a good job but I'd like to see JB on the Sky team.

Andi.

Which other JB are you talking about?

andicole0 · 17 Jan 2014 at 14:19

FrankJH said:
Which other JB are you talking about?

"Other JB" is there more than one (in this context?)? :rolleyes:

Andi.

mctiny · 17 Jan 2014 at 14:26

andicole0 said:
"Other JB" is there more than one (in this context?)?

Andi.

Didn't realise anyone was thinking of Jenson Button taking control of the team....

MooMoo444 · 17 Jan 2014 at 14:44

Twitmarsh getting the push would be the best thing to happen to McLaren in ages.

FrankJH · 17 Jan 2014 at 14:44

mctiny said:
Didn't realise anyone was thinking of Jenson Button taking control of the team....

Exactly - thats why I was confused.

No one has ever mentioned that possibility at all (let alone in the time frame being discussed)

DiCe! · 17 Jan 2014 at 14:49

Also I thought JB was not a fan of Sky at all....

I hope hope HOPE he wins the championship for his dad.

visibleman · 17 Jan 2014 at 15:09

FrankJH said:
Which other JB are you talking about?

Glad i'm not the only one confused by Andi's acronyms

DiCe! - Button grabbing the '15 title with Brawn and Honda would be pretty special :cool:

andicole0 · 17 Jan 2014 at 16:50

Sorry guys ;-)

Jenson Button (JB) has been interviewed in the past about how long he will stay at McLaren and his response was that he would probably end his F1 days there. That prompted the question of him carrying on after driving and to take over from Martin Whitmarsh (MW). His response was that he had discussed that with Alain Prost (AP) who had admitted that his time as Team Principle was the worst time of his life in F1. But I still think Jenson would be a good front man.

On that side note Bernie Ecclestone (BE) has joked with Christian Horner (CH) about him (CH) taking over when Bernie retires. I suspect he has had the same joke with MW (Martin Whitmarsh)

Andi.

PS Yes I do tend to watch more of the F1 background than the actual racing :-)

hawkhench · 17 Jan 2014 at 16:52

About time Whitmarsh got replaced, McLaren have been on a massive downward spiral the last few seasons. As much as Magnussen could well be the future, the whole Perez signing/firing just reeked of a panic move.

Tute · 17 Jan 2014 at 17:28

I'm not sure Brawn will end up there but I do think RD should do everything in his power to make it happen. I think it's their best chance of getting out a competitive car next season.

smr · 20 Jan 2014 at 14:33

Just incase any of you need an excuse!