Since the launch of his book 'The Perfect Car' legendary McLaren design chief John Barnard has been in the news with some of his observations regarding the sport. Barnard who designed a host of title-winning cars for the Woking outfit in the eighties – including the above MP4/2 – has now emerged to be outspoken with regards to the plight of his former team which is at the lowest ebb of performance in their illustrious F1 history. Clearly, his concerns are not only to do with McLaren, the future of F1 in terms of financial governance is a concern of his too. While Formula 1 stakeholders map a future for the sport Barnard questions the reality of a cost-cap (aka budget-cap) in...
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