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Brown tried ‘to take politics' out of McLaren

Swapping the experience of a double World Champion for a young line up, Zak Brown says he was determined to 'take the politics out' of McLaren and cultivate healthy competition. Last year McLaren fielded double World Champion Alonso alongside Stoffel Vandoorne with the latter trounced by his team-mate. Vandoorne has since claimed that there was politics at play. 'He always got what he wanted,' the Formula E driver told Belgian news outlet Sport/Voetbalmagazine. 'There was always two, three well-placed people in the team who made sure everything went the way Fernando wanted it to be. 'The team gave him all the support and power. Every driver would have benefited from extra equipment to...
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