McLaren reboot: “Our expectations are to get back to winning world championships"

McLaren is a team who haven't been near the top for so long. Despite year-on-year disappointments, Zak Brown claims they still hold on to the old expectations and are confident they'll get back to them after going on "a journey".

2018 was an improvement but not as good as expected when they first placed a Renault engine in the back of the car. Brown told RaceFans that the team rebooted and are ready to make the next step forward.

“Our expectations are to get back to winning world championships. But what we want to do is manage our own expectations on the journey that’s going to take us there. The desire’s there, the expectations are there, but it’s going to be a journey, and we needed to reboot, which we’ve now done," he said.

Over the last nine months, McLaren has seen plenty of people would through the door in both directions. One yet to arrive is Andreas Seidl. Brown is confident he has brought together a team with the right mix of talent.

“So I think we’ve [now] got the talent. Andreas, who’s an engineer by trade and a very determined individual, I think he’ll do an excellent job with James, Pat, Andrea Stella [performance director], Simon [Roberts, the team’s long-standing operations manager], and Gil," he added.