The rude awakening that made McLaren realise its F1 shortcomings 

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Brown and Seidel are legends.

Lando and Carlos played a huge part in McLaren's rise as well. The fact that these two put their egos aside and declared from the outset they would work together and share all their knowledge was really important and paved the way for Daniel to take up the baton.

I'm glad 2018 happened It gave the team a slap in the face and a pep in their step, and now I get to watch my favorite team winning again

imagine having such a passionate CEO that cheering on your radio in every race, even more when you got a good performance on track

Can't wait for Williams to catch up. The new managements seems like a competent bunch.

1 more thing Mclaren need too realise fast is they need to make the gulf livery permanent.

McLaren has a different Aura than any other team! I mean it's like a feel good team! So much enthusiasm and energy! Totally love to see the three way battle for the championship! I hope Ferrari also gets into this race for the championship as well, that'll make the sport so interesting and bring in more fans.❤️

Zak best team principal in a while also as a personality.

Just looking at the cars from 2018 and 2021 its sooooo hugely different in terms of sponsors. The 2018 was naked and you had to be worried they might go broke, this year there is nearly any space left without sponsors

It truly was amazing to see how the team has changed and made those changes in the last decade, let alone the 2018 season. Just wow.

So in a way, alonso actually helped them

Zak and Seidel did not only brought the team back into the top they also change the atmosphere of the team into being more wholesome and friendly both for the driver and pit team (just compared it to say during the Ron Dennis days and you know what I'm talking about)

When Brown started he did say McLaren were about 3years away from being competitive in F1 again, looks like he was correct. The remainder of this season and 2022 will be exciting

Letting lando drive the car was also instrumental as well , great to see this legendary team getting back to the front.

When Brown first started I was extremely skeptical, seemed to me like he was making huge promises he couldn't keep. Glad I was wrong

You mention the transformation and I think that shows up everywhere even in not as notable places, for example: Merchandise. This year alone, they knew full well what they where doing when reviving that iconic livery with Gulf and had the merchandise ready to purchase (promptly selling out), the limited edition offerings have been on point and seem to have good success(I've bought one and and will by a DannyRic sweatshirt for the wife) and are quickly available around the world, and without the need to pay eyewatering shipping expenses.

The fact that McLaren seem to be a relatively happy home is promising enough. Maybe I'm misjudging, but I'm skeptical of if Ricciardo would have had the patience and support to get back on form if he was in a pressure cooker like Ferrari. The McLaren team seem to be positive, they have two solid drivers with great attitudes, that'll provide a fair chunk of fuel for getting back on track, even if they're not there yet.

I love these videos. I'm American and got into F1 at the start of the pandemic and the 2020 season the the first full season of F1 I've seen. These types of videos helped me all throughout the pandemic to catch up on the off track stuff with F1. Keep up the good work.

You can tell how low they were at 2018, the car was so bare, could hardly get sponsers

Brown and Sidle are genius it’s so good to see mclaren up there again so exciting to see this team race also a great pair of drivers

You do wonder what McLaren would be like now if Ron Dennis had managed to complete that proposed buy-out of the other shareholders a few years ago. Would it have continued heading toward basket-case status or would it have completed a similar turnaround?? I don't think they necessarily would have had as much fun as they have had under Zak Brown, he's given that team such a huge morale boost and you can see it in McLaren's Unboxed series.

I wasn't convinced at all by Zac Brown to start with, just thought he was another know-it-all Yank, but he has proved me wrong with some brilliant appointments and progress in such a short time. Here's to many more wins in the near future,

Great video, well presented and absorbing. I think Dan made a good move to McClaren when he realised he was going nowhere with Cyril’s team. After watching all of the interviews of Dan after the race, you can see he is a genuine guy with genuine passion who is now with a genuine team, and has finally found his home. He will repay them for being patient with him while he came to grips with the car, by getting many more wins for them. World champion in the making. Aussie, Aussie, Aussie. Oi, Oi, Oi.

McClaren are my favourite team, although I do miss the silver cars.....the late 90s early 00s mclaren cars were just beautiful !!! Also I miss mika !!

I think getting drivers like Carlos, Riccardo, and Lando have also helped with car inputs as well. They are starting to act like a team rather than a bunch of Country Club gathering.

So happy my favourite team is finally back in the winners’ circle. What a stylish way to be back too!

We can only hope the revival of McLaren means motogp levels of excitement and drama between more than one or two drivers.

Sadly in F1, unless it happens, it is ALWAYS a question of IF.

Got to love that “no adds” feature when paying for premium RU-vid! (Sarcasm) Interesting views and insights… thank you!

Where do you get your performance deficit data that you plot? I'd be very interested seeing all the teams plotted like that over time. Also next year is going to be very exciting. We have lots of very talented drivers in very competitive cars, and even the back-markers (mostly Williams) are getting more competitive with each other it seems.

From being paid with chocolate bars to the happiest, most cheerful team on the grid right now, this has been glorious. Zak Brown and Andreas Seidl, you legends.

Another wonderful video. Thank you THE RACE its great to get all this insight into the world of Formula 1. Your absolutely right, 2018 was the wake up call that Mclaren needed. Also something that I often find gets overlooked is the work that Alonso and Vandorne put in. the advantage of 2018 over 2015-2017 was reliability. Even if your coming plum last every race your still gathering alot more data than if you were breaking down on lap 3 every race. Because of the reliability of the Reanult engine over the Honda they were able to gather far more data and understand there flaws.

Mercedes be like - What did your failure do? Bring back to me.

Since Zak Brown joined they have slowly increased the amount of sponsorship they have, and now I think they have the most.

Good to see them on the front of the grid 👍 F1 needs more title contenders in both constructors & driver’s championship, and this is a step in the right direction. Makes F1 exciting to follow again

Nice video, that was a really good recap of what happened during the last few years.

Wasn’t sure about Zak brown when he took over but I’m more than happy to eat my words! He’s building a monster

Thanks Ed. I'm a big fan of your commentary. I've been waiting all week, for good f1 content and i'm happy. A good story as well.

Just like with anything, leadership trickles down from the top down. Excited to see the team on its way back up.

Great video. As a business student, I have read many turnaround CEO case studies of the past, and Brown definitely has proven to become one of them.

I literally shed tears when they won. Its been 9 years since a win.

The thing which shows how good the team boss and team principals are and they showed their potential in just 3 years, They learned from their mistakes and now they are a big threat for Mercedes, Red Bull and Ferrari.

I still find it astonishing that Mclaren lost its patience with Honda. They allowed Honda to develop and improve their engine for years and then traded engines! Now the Honda engine is winning races thanks to all those years with Mclaren. Extremely naive decision. I love Mclaren and wish them the absolute best

I hope they can carry this momentum into the new car. I'm hoping, maybe naively, that we'll see a much more competitive field with this car update. I'm sure someone will flub it; there'll be a bad car with some issues, but man it would be great to see some of these mid pack teams put up a better fight.

That was brilliant. Got to be honest, with the races normally starting at 23:00pm on a Sunday, makes it tough to watch when you have to get up at 04:00am on a Monday. I normally watch the start and wait until Honey Badger slips back thru the field. Not that weekend. Dan, your such a brilliant advert for all things Australian. Job well done mate. May there be many more

I wonder if Ron Dennis sent Zac a congratulatory message?

I got a sense that Zak was making the right changes and hiring the right people when the James Key hiring was announced. Their efforts are paying off now with Lando in the points almost every race and the Monza result.

McLaren got caught up in its own legend. Thankfully, once it realized the glory days had long past, they moved to change for the better.

Andreas Seidl has been the difference. The man was a legend with Porsche, he's now putting McLaren back where they should be

As a child I lived in Woking, fairly close to Mclaren HQ. I was there when Mika Hakkinen drove his title-winning car through the town's streets. Seeing them back in form is a very good feeling.

Brilliant video guys, awesome, top quality content as always 👍🏻

McLaren Restructure came when the board fired Ron Dennis his Ego got the best of him & it was time for a Change the board knew. Zak Brown came in to Rebuild McLaren big time! I'm a Scuderia Ferrari fan & makes me happy that McLaren is on the rite track for winning ways. Congrats to all the McLaren staff & specially to Zak Brown for McLaren comeback!👏👍😎

Anyone happen to know the background music around 05:30 minutes in? I'm in love with it but can't find anything on it.

I’m still concerned that Dan says the car is hard to drive, but if they get him involved in the 2022 car, they could be up there next year, as it is a real interesting reset year. They also have one of the most talented, if not the most talented, driver line ups.

Excellent video. More please!

Great story. Great report. Many thanks 🙏🏻

Great video. I would be interested in watching a similar analysis of Ferrari and their recent struggles.

Been a McLaren fan the past decade, not 100% sure why. I shed a couple tears listening to Dani Ric on the radio post-race last weekend

was very unprepared for the VPN ad, but oh well if it keeps The Race's lights on.

Is there any correlation with lap times from Top Gear? Same car, same track. We all, as motor sport fans love a fast lap. But Damn... Lewis had 2 goes, and ripped awesome times, but Daniel beat him. Fastest ever lap.. Never forgetting 🇦🇺🤣

Hmmm, "disconnected management" and "a team that simply wasn't enjoyable to work with anymore" Sounds alot like WIlliams when you really think about it. (Especially with how Jost Capito described their Hierachy prior to him coming over). It makes it all the more enjoyable that both are doing so much better, hopefully 22' is the year where they are more closer to the teams I saw when I first started watching Formula 1 in 2004.

Really hope this is a start for things to come two great drivers and a team to boot.

Would have been nice to go into the 2018 gaps that were revealed, you all basically just glossed over it - after in much detail outlining the opening season 5th place result vis Alonso - and went right to the restructuring. What were the average lap time gaps, quali position gaps, race finish gaps,, etc vs its baseline Renault powered RedBull?

Excellent video. Please dive into McLaren’s decline and rise in another vid. I do believe that McLaren will be able to introduce a championship challenge within a few years. It’s hard to predict what 2022 will bring but, given that Zak Brown is an amazing leader and that Andreas Seidl is a genius, I think Danny and Lando will succeed.

Yo does anyone know where one can find the background photo at 9:34? Would make for a sick wallpaper...

I hope Daniel and Lando keep it together, they both have a real shot next year

Tim Goss was the problem he designed the McLaren's from 2013-18 he couldn't find and solve correlation issues with the 2013 and 14 cars, he forced Honda to design the engine to fit the car unlike Red Bull who said to Honda you design the engine we will make it fit in our car. Finally in 2018 he put the front axle in the wrong place and in 2018 he finally got fired and its no coincidence that in 2019 was a big improvement.

I love seeing McLaren claw it’s way back into the sport’s top echelon. The still have work to do but they’ve got the team working in the right direction and 2022 is going to be fun to watch. I’ve been a huge fan ever since the Bruce and Denny show and I’ll always remember 1974 when Emerson Fittipaldi brought their first World Championship.

Zak and Andreas are the bosses we all wish we had. I started watching F1 in 2019, so watching this video makes me know that this 1-2 finish was wayyyyy more for people that have been watching for years. Making the connection from Hamilton, on why he left.....finding out Sergio Perez was apart of McLaren!?......and just seeing how a dark orange/black car became the blue and papaya. I'm so happy for McLaren, and their futures. Lando and Daniel are going places. I want McLaren vs Ferrari vs Red Bull vs Mercedes!!

The 2018 McLaren looked really good though

With their two phenomenal drivers, in Lando and the Honey Badger, next year is going to be exciting!

I love this team. Great to see them up there again!

Love Zak, great job!

Other than the drivers the rise of McLaren can be attributed to Siedl and Zak's easy go mentality by not pressurising the team or drivers. This win will do Ricciardo's confidence a big boost and he has just shown he can hold off Max better than Bottas in a Merc. That Toro Rosso color scheme in the video made it look exactly like a Red Bull drink can.

Still remember I would avoid McLaren team radio just because how toxic it had become. After the restructure, the team became alive and now I always look for their team radio. Partly because of Zak too lmao

It is for sure Brown and his visions that set a path to make things positive and I can see 5 years from now as a potential goal to have Mclaren at top again but Riccardo or Norris will never be there sadley.

I think winning one race is not enough to be "back in winning ways" I mean Alpine won in Hungary but they are still nowhere near the Renault of the mid 2000s

Clearly mcl squandered a great opportunity to keep Honda in F1 by basically throwing them under the bus and being cocky confident of their aero package. Sometimes a little humility goes a long way. And this is where Zack and Andreas really make a difference. They have certainly turned around MCL. Looking forward to next season. This coming from a Ferrari fan

This doesn't feel like a one off, chance win like the Alpine or Toro Rosso wins

ZAK. BROWN. Think Seidel is legit too. Was awesome to see him excited after the 1-2 since he’s always so measured/calm. They deserved it, and that’s coming from a Ferrari fan lol

As a lifelong McLaren fan it broke my heart to see them fall so low… but it felt goddamn incredible to watch them come across the line 1-2. Long may it continue.

That 2018 mclaren had a fundamental aero flaw from the front tyres to the sidepods making the rear end unstable

Lando Norris will be a world champion with McLaren imo. Excited to see where their journey goes!

Great video, if they nail the new rules for next year, they should win a handful of races and not by luck

Lets just hope next year is a 4 or 5 team battle, and not the start of another dominant era by someone else. Would be great to have alpine and aston there also

Great video… McLaren have always been my Formula One team. It’s been some painful years of viewing. Even though the Weeknd was music to my ears, I still believe we are 3 to 4 years away from being a regular race winning competitor.

Too much arrogance bring them down. Now, they are on a goog trajectory to be top-team again

this channel is awesome

Now we just need the Gulf livery to come back full time and it's perfect

Being a Lewis Hamilton fan, I remember suffering the frustrations of a team that performed in a rudderless senior management vacuum in the four years after Lewis won his first WDC. In fact the decline had already started in 2007, where McClaren literally threw away the constructors championship with Ferrari gate and also donated the WDC to Kimi with ridiculous race management at China and Brazil - the latter compounding a mysterious gearbox issue in Hamilton’s car that served to slow him down enough in the first few laps and resulted in him losing the WDC by ONE point. The decline gained pace in 2009 where McClaren were wrong footed by the new regulations that saw Brawn win both championships. And the rot really set in in 2010, 11 and 12 where despite having a fast car and Lewis Hamilton’s brilliance, the inept team management resulted in performances plagued by poor reliability, and unforgivably bad race management. I totally remember the week in week out frustration of watching the brilliance of Lewis Hamilton continually undermined by poor team strategy, poor team execution and poor reliability. And when Ross Brawn and the late Nikki Lauda started to court Lewis Hamilton in 2012, I was praying that he would leave McClarens sinking ship and join a team headed by Ross who had proven his ability to run a team to exploit the best talent on grid with his achievements with Ferrari and Michael Schumacher. I remember the likes of Martin Brundle seriously questioning Lewis’s decision to move to Mercedes in 2012, but I was applauding and celebrating the move. And of course how the McClaren ship sinking continued in the years that followed Hamilton’s departure. The 2013 car designed without input from Lewis Hamilton was a disaster. In 2012 McClaren finished 3rd in constructors championship. In 2013,14 and 15 they finished 5th, 5th and 9th respectively. It’s good to see that the management have finally sorted themselves out and the team are now looking like the pedigree outfit that McClaren once were.

I think any predictions to the future performance of all the cars in F1 is sort of guess work. The huge change in the design & I’d guess mostly the 18” wheels will have a dramatic effect on all teams. Along with the cap on spending of course. I do hope the 2022 changes close the gap of the BIG 2 and the mid pack.

Brown literally rebuilt the whole F1 team. He broke it down back to the foundation and rebuilt from there. Bring Seidel and Key in was such a genius move too. Brown saved the team and Seidel and Key supported that. They are all legends. I’m so stoked on McLaren’s upbringings.

I was very sceptical about Brown when he was appointed.. I thought he was just a marketing guy who sold advertising.. how wrong I was .. him and Seidel have turned McLaren around and a great decision to give Sainz and Lando race seats. Honda partnership was a disastrous period .. thank god they’ve gone back to Merc.

Hope they are title contenders next year🧡

I don't think people realise just how bad the situation was at Mclaren a little over 3 years ago. It took Zak time to settle in with the team and understand the context of the problems but he bit the bullet in mid 2018 knowing that it may not pay off but it did. There's always been life in the team, it's just about whether they could be consistent and whether they were able to overcome the struggles that to them weren't so obvious.

Super happy to see McLaren on the rise. For me personally, just need Williams up there too.

Zak brown is a very shrewd character and bringing in Seidl was a great move you need a team manager like seidl very pragmatic and experienced

Depending on the deficiency of the current wind tunnel - whether it's just a logistical & financial disadvantage - there is no reason why they cannot fight for wins next season.

Fun trivia: In 2007 they would win a constructors championship if they weren't in espionage controversy.