Sam Michael to leave McLaren at the end if this season
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Any possible link with this?
http://brabham.co.uk/news/project-brabham-launched...
Just sayin....maybe nothing in it...
http://brabham.co.uk/news/project-brabham-launched...
Just sayin....maybe nothing in it...
Sam is actually a very intelligent guy and - despite all the nonsense on here stating otherwise - he's actually very good at his job. He's certainly the most grounded and approachable senior figure in the team and always has time for the staff on the shop floor. In fact he (along with Eric now) is quite a breath of fresh air at Mclaren and it's a shame to see him go.
All this crap about him being responsible for poor performance is thoroughly undeserved. It's quite sad seeing the lack of respect for him on here. He's most definitely one of the good guys
All this crap about him being responsible for poor performance is thoroughly undeserved. It's quite sad seeing the lack of respect for him on here. He's most definitely one of the good guys
The way I see it is he was put in to Williams to replace Patrick head who was heading in to retirement.
With all due respect I don't think that anyone could simply replace Patrick. I think it was a big culture change for the team and it doesn't appear that Michael got much assistance/help. Quite possible that he wasn't best suited to the role either.
When he joined McLaren I understand that there was widespread personnel change in the pit crews. Their performance was not good, but Michael took charge of the problem and they actually did the fastest pit stop of the year if memory serves.
I don't think he was anywhere near as incompetent as people make out.
I found this more amusing:
Paul McEvoy @Pau1Mc 7h7 hours ago
Interesting that @bbcf1 are reporting management changes at McLaren, but then I saw who’d written the article so now I assume it’s untrue.
With all due respect I don't think that anyone could simply replace Patrick. I think it was a big culture change for the team and it doesn't appear that Michael got much assistance/help. Quite possible that he wasn't best suited to the role either.
When he joined McLaren I understand that there was widespread personnel change in the pit crews. Their performance was not good, but Michael took charge of the problem and they actually did the fastest pit stop of the year if memory serves.
I don't think he was anywhere near as incompetent as people make out.
I found this more amusing:
Paul McEvoy @Pau1Mc 7h7 hours ago
Interesting that @bbcf1 are reporting management changes at McLaren, but then I saw who’d written the article so now I assume it’s untrue.
The biggest mistake they made on the pitstop crews when Sam joined was try and run before they could walk, rushing out new procedures and equipment in race environments before they were fully fleshed out, making some monumental cockups that cost them race wins as a result. They may have been achieving the fastest stops when it worked, but that's pretty useless if you screw up more in the ones you don't get right. It's pretty basic common sense.
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