We have heard the historical parallels. Once great champion British teams that go into long lingering and (probably) irrecoverable decline. BRM, Lotus, Tyrrell, Williams. McLaren, some like to say, is well on the way to joining them. Pure numbers don’t look good other than in their symmetry – five years since a win; close to 10 since a championship; 20 since a constructors’ title. Despite results the team just about clings to its reputation for glory. It also maintains gleaming resources and a driver line up better than most. But it is clear it needs to arrest and reverse its slide pronto if it is not to indeed join the inauspicious list outlined. In F1 nothing succeeds...
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