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James Key: McLaren's tech mastermind

James Key: McLaren's tech mastermind

F1 Beyond The Grid vor 4 Jahren

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McLaren technical director James Key is one of the youngest tech
chiefs in Formula One. He’s very bright, he’s super-organised and
he’s ultra-competitive, all attributes that he’s using to drive
the team back to the top of the sport. In this episode, James
opens up to Tom Clarkson about McLaren’s difficult start to the
2022 season, when their cars finished 14th and 15th in the
Bahrain Grand Prix, and how the team pulled together in the days
that followed to improve the MCL36. Only three races later Lando
Norris finished third at Imola. James also gives a fascinating
insight into what it’s like to work with McLaren drivers Norris
and Daniel Ricciardo, and how they're adjusting to the new
2022-spec cars, and he hints at what we can expect from them as
the season unfolds. We also hear about James' journey to
F1, the technological advances he's been a part of, the highs,
the lows and most importantly: what the future holds for
McLaren.

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Related episodes from the BTG archive:

Lando Norris

Daniel Ricciardo

Andreas Seidl, McLaren Team Principal

Zak Brown, McLaren CEO
Steve Nichols, Engineer

Alain Prost
Mika Hakkinen

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