McLaren continued its resurgence in 2020 by claiming third in the championship and scoring two podiums with Lando Norris and Carlos Sainz but couldn’t hang onto that position in 2021 as Ferrari swung back after several lean years of its own.
But despite dropping a position in the championship, CEO Brown thinks 2021 was still a landmark year for the Woking team, and not just because of Daniel Ricciardo’s shock win in Monza, McLaren’s first grand prix victory in nine long years.
“This year we wanted to close the gap to the front, and we’ve done that,” Brown said at an end-of-year roundtable.
“We’ve scored more points per race than we did last year, we had more podiums than last year, we got our great 1-2 at Monza, we had our pole in Russia.
“Unfortunately, we slipped to fourth. I think that shows the nature of how competitive this sport is.
“Pitstops are much, much improved. Everything that we set out at the beginning of the season to continue to get towards the front, we’ve hit…
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