Former Formula 1 mechanic Marc Priestly has gone into detail around the issues at the McLaren team in 2007, indicating that a lack of communication served to make the situation worse. McLaren came into the 2007 season needing an all-new driver line-up having lost Kimi Raikkonen to Ferrari, while Juan Pablo Montoya headed to NASCAR. To replace them, they signed double world champion Fernando Alonso after the Spaniard left Renault, and promoted their hugely promising talent Sir Lewis Hamilton to race alongside him. READ: Alfa Romeo simulator ‘hugely improved’ – Bottas They won eight races between them that season as the Briton impressively out-qualified the now 40-year-old nine times...
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