McLaren CEO Zak Brown is eager to see his team continue to deliver on its potential by aiming for victory at every single race for the rest of the year.
With three victories so far in F1 2024, McLaren has been in contention for multiple other wins throughout the season as Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri are no strangers to the podium.
Zak Brown: McLaren can go for the win every weekend
Trailing reigning World Champions Red Bull by just eight points with eight race weekends left, McLaren’s momentum and form is such that the Woking-based team is likely to take the lead of the Constructors’ Championship at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
The MCL38 has been developed into what now appears to be F1’s fastest and most versatile car with comprehensive wins in Hungary and the Netherlands backed up by just missing out in Belgium and Italy as Mercedes and Ferrari, respectively, utilised effective one-stop strategies to beat McLaren’s two-stops.
McLaren was beaten to the win at Monza as Charles Leclerc delivered under pressure to delight the tifosi at Ferrari’s home race, but Oscar Piastri just missed out on being able to pile the pressure on the Monegasque as he reeled in Leclerc at the chequered flag.
With eight races to go, McLaren CEO Zak Brown said there’s no longer any reason for his team to doubt its ability to fight for victories at any of the remaining circuits.
“I don’t see why we can’t be going for the win every race weekend,” he told Sky F1.
“I think we’re going to have tough competition, but I think we’ve shown our car is good in kind of all conditions, all different types of circuits.
“We were very strong in Singapore last year.”
The unpredictable nature of the street circuit racing in Azerbaijan could make things a little tricky next time out, but Brown said the aim remains the same.
“Baku is always a bit of a crazy, crazy race,” he said.
“But, you know, we’re going to show up every weekend, trying to go for pole, trying to go for a front row lockout, trying to win.
“I’m sure it won’t quite work like that for the next eight races, because the competition is tough. I think what we have is a three-way race for the Constructors’ Championship, because Ferrari is 30 points behind but look at them [at Monza] – it was them and us. So I think it’s exciting to see what happens.”
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