McLaren boss Zak Brown says the extensive changes to the team's engineering department were justified by a technical development that was not moving in line with the outfit's ambitions. Last year, McLaren lost out to Alpine as F1's top midfield contender, a regression of sorts for team papaya that was followed by a disappointing start of the team's 2023 campaign. Notwithstanding McLaren's bad luck in Bahrain and Jeddah, the overall performance of its new MCL60 challenger has been no match for its usual midfield rivals. McLaren announced on Thursday a significant restructuring of its technical and engineering departments that included the departure from the team of technical director James...
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