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Zak Brown is once again getting behind the wheel of an old McLaren F1 car – and this one has some serious history.
Zak Brown has announced that he will drive the same chassis that Fernando Alonso used to win the 2007 Monaco Grand Prix at Monza later this year. The MP4-22 #1 machine was crucial in sparking the bitter team rivalry between Alonso and rookie Lewis Hamilton, who finished second in that race. McLaren dominated the Monte Carlo weekend, with Hamilton eager to challenge Alonso for the win but being told to stay behind by team management. The strained relationship between Alonso and McLaren eventually led to the Spygate scandal, resulting in a $100 million fine for McLaren and their exclusion from the constructors’ championship. Interestingly, Kimi Raikkonen finished eighth in that Monaco race and eventually won the championship by just one point over Hamilton and Alonso.
