McLaren's chief operating officer and a member of the team for 20 years, Jonathan Neale, will leave later this year. Neale joined the team in 2001, taking on the role of operations director after working with Martin Whitmarsh at British Aerospace. He remained in that position for four years before becoming the managing director and ultimately holding that role for a decade. As the team went through a number of changes after that, with a partnership with Honda being formed and Ron Dennis leaving for a second time, Neale's influence on the racing side of things decreased, with him becoming the chief operating officer of McLaren Group as a whole, not just the F1 team. After five years doing...
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