Italian team principal has guided team into a position to challenge the dominance of Red Bull
As sporting comebacks go, McLaren’s resurgence has been a trying affair and a long time coming. The wilderness years for one of F1’s most successful teams look to be over as they breathe new life into a season that looked to be done and dusted by Red Bull’s dominant Max Verstappen.
The scale of McLaren’s turnaround has been immense when considering the dark days of the mid 2010s, finishing ninth in the championship on two occasions. This was an almost unthinkable low from the team second only to Ferrari in F1 success, with 12 drivers’ and eight constructors’ titles.