Now that’s all said and done, it’s fair to say that the 2020 season has been a great one for McLaren. Sure, for a team that has won 182 races, 12 Drivers’ Championships and eight Constructors’ Championships, trailing only Ferrari, third place might not sound that great, yet it was the best result in many years – and, realistically, the best they could hope for, finishing behind Mercedes and Red Bull.
Still, McLaren has a lot to do before the 2021 season despite the rules only changing minimally. They’ll have Daniel Ricciardo coming in from Renault to join consistent performer Lando Norris, a new partnership with Gulf Oil and, probably most important of all, a Mercedes power unit replacing the Renault one. Things, then, are looking up for the Woking-based team, right?
Sir Frank Williams released from hospital and on the mend at home The 78-year-old legendary former team boss was hospitalised earlier this month; Williams family thank well-wishers, with Sir Frank now recovering at home
By James Galloway
Last Updated: 24/12/20 4:25pm
Sir Frank Williams has been discharged from hospital and is now on the mend at home .
The 78-year-old legendary former team owner and boss was hospitalised earlier this month.
In a positive update on Christmas Eve, the Williams team said in a statement: We re delighted to say that Sir Frank has been discharged from hospital and is now on the mend at home.
Todt: Mercedes dominance eclipses Ferrari era
Date published:
December 23 2020
Although very different teams, FIA president and former Ferrari team boss Jean Todt thinks Mercedes’ run of dominance trumps theirs.
The late 1990s and early 2000s were dominated by the Scuderia with Michael Schumacher behind the wheel as Ferrari went on a run of five Drivers’ Championships and six Constructors’ Championships in a row between 1999 and 2004.
By the time of Schumacher’s last World Championship in 2004, he was a seven-time World Champion, establishing himself as the most successful driver that Formula 1 had ever seen.
But now Mercedes are on an even greater run of success, having taken the Drivers’ and Constructors’ Championships for the past seven years.
Red Bull over Mercedes was right choice for Max
Date published:
December 22 2020
Max Verstappen’s manager Raymond Vermeulen says choosing Red Bull over Mercedes back in 2014 remains the correct choice.
Back in the summer of 2014 Verstappen began attracting the interest of both Red Bull and Mercedes with both outfits wanting to add the Dutch prospect to their respective junior programmes.
But in the end Verstappen went with Red Bull, completing a test with the team and six days later being confirmed as a Toro Rosso driver for the 2015 season.
At the 2014 Japanese GP, Verstappen became the youngest driver in Formula 1 history to take part in a free practice session, while at age 17, come the 2015 season-opening Australian Grand Prix, he broke the record for youngest driver to take part in a World Championship race.