McLaren: Time to get the basics right
"We're incredibly good at the difficult things. It's the simple things we have to focus on," said Sam Michael as McLaren launched its 2013 car. He's absolutely right, reckons Jonathan Noble
Last season a few tough lessons about Formula 1 were delivered to Woking. After years of focusing on its commitment to technical excellence to help produce the fastest car, McLaren appeared to have the hit the bullseye.
Over the course of the whole campaign, the MP4-27 was arguably the fastest car. It began the year quickest, it ended the season on top and it was dominant for a large chunk in the middle.
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Jonathan Noble is Motorsport.com’s Formula 1 editor. Having graduated from University of Sussex Jonathan worked for sports news agency Collings Sports reporting on F1, F3, touring cars and other sports, with articles appearing in The Daily Telegraph, The Independent, Reuters, Autosport and other publications. In 1999 he moved to Haymarket Publishing to become a senior editor at Autosport Special Projects, and one year later he became Autosport’s grand prix editor. In 2015 he moved to Motorsport Network, becoming the F1 editor for Motorsport.com. He is also a member of the Guild of Motoring Writers, and sits on the FIA Media Council.
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