{"id":394835,"date":"2021-11-17T16:24:13","date_gmt":"2021-11-17T21:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/?p=394835"},"modified":"2024-04-20T15:23:01","modified_gmt":"2024-04-20T15:23:01","slug":"interview-with-mclaren-ceo-zak-brown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/interview-with-mclaren-ceo-zak-brown\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with McLaren CEO Zak Brown"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The McLaren garage was filled with former F1 cars and a crew of technicians and laptops to support them. \u00a9 Rex McAfee<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Saturday November 13th<\/sup>, I sat down with McLaren Racing\u2019s Chief Executive Officer Zak Brown. The conversation took place in McLaren\u2019s vintage Condor motor home, painted in\u2026you guessed it, McLaren Orange. As CEO of McLaren Racing, Zak has the overall responsibility for setting the direction of McLaren racing, overall business performance, as well as making sure the team delivers results on race weekends. Did I miss anything?<\/p>\n

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The 1971 Condor was a motor-home that McLaren used for trackside meetings, and obviously painted in McLaren orange. \u00a9 Rex McAfee<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For the 2021 Velocity Invitational held at Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca, Zak and McLaren Racing brought four \u201cnow-retired\u201d Formula 1 cars along with two-time World Champion Mika H\u00e4kkinen to give demonstration laps. Along with Mika, Zak drove the cars as did American vintage racer Charles Nearburg who was rumored to be buying the MP4\/26 for his stable. If you have ever seen Charles pilot his Williams F1 car during a Masters Historic F1 event<\/a>, you know he is one quick driver.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n