Zak Brown On How McLaren Turned It Around
The Race's new In Conversation With series opens with McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown reflecting on the team's climb from its more difficult recent years to its current championship form.
In the 32-minute interview, Brown frames McLaren's recent success as a continuation rather than a finish line. The conversation covers Formula 1 titles, commercial momentum, fan-facing events like McLaren Live in Miami, and the wider racing portfolio that now stretches across IndyCar and endurance racing.
The interview also looks back at Brown's route from American racer and sponsorship hustler to Formula 1 leadership, with a clear emphasis on persistence, resilience, and the culture needed to recover after difficult seasons.
For McLaren fans, it is a useful snapshot of why the current run feels broader than on-track pace alone: the brand, the racing operation, and the commercial engine are all pulling in the same direction.
