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McLaren win Gold at Sochi…Ferrari and BMW next?

The Olympics in Sochi do have some relevance to Formula 1 but then that may not come as a surprise when you’re trying to go 80mph down a bespoke ice course on blades. As Britain’s Lizzy Yarnold crossed the line to claim the UK’s first gold medal in the 22nd Winter Olympics, she did so on a sled that McLaren Applied Technology helped produce. Alan Baldwin at Reuters caught up with the Woking wonks: 'We got involved after the last Olympics so that sled had already been started and been very successful with Amy Williams (winner in 2010) and we got involved in doing the second set of tweaks and improvements,' said McLaren Applied Technologies director of performance Caroline Hargrove....
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