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McLaren CEO Zak Brown has insisted the reigning F1 champions will never become a team that revolves around one driver, like Red Bull with Max Verstappen.
McLaren CEO Zak Brown emphasized that McLaren will never focus on only one driver like Red Bull does with Max Verstappen.
The team is in a strong position to challenge Verstappen’s hold on the Drivers’ title, with Lando Norris currently 49 points ahead of him with three races remaining.
Japanese driver Yuki Tsunoda, who replaced Liam Lawson in 2025, has faced challenges running older-spec parts and has yet to achieve significant success.
McLaren’s philosophy of providing equal opportunities to drivers differs from Red Bull’s strategy of prioritizing Verstappen’s success.
Brown, committed to McLaren until 2030, is determined to maintain this approach alongside McLaren boss Andrea Stella, citing the Ayrton Senna-Alain Prost rivalry as inspiration.
Despite potential conflicts between McLaren drivers, Brown accepts that racing incidents are inevitable and believes in addressing them constructively.
