Have McLaren Finally Stopped Their Downward Spiral Through Formula 1?

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Published: August 17, 2014

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For those who vividly remember watching the McLarens of Niki Lauda, Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna scooping seven world titles in eight years in the 1980s and '90s, the events of the last two years must have come as quite the culture shock.

The Woking-based team have, of course, endured lulls of success in the past.

Seven years, for example, passed between Senna's final championship in 1991 and Mika Hakkinen's first in 1998.

Following the Finn's second title in 1999, McLaren then waited nine years—including a winless campaign in 2006—before Lewis Hamilton recorded their next drivers' crown, by a margin of just one point, in 2008.



And the constructors', you ask? Whisper it quietly, but it's slowly yet surely creeping up to 20 years since the McLaren name was inscribed on the trophy.

The team have, clearly, experienced more moments of disappointment than triumph in recent history—but never have McLaren, second only to Ferrari as the most victorious institution in Formula One history, seemed so lost, so aimless, so desperate.



It is a fall from grace best reflected in the car's livery.

No longer are McLaren and all their glory represented on track by the striking red and white colour scheme of their golden years, nor the dashing chrome and "rocket red" combination that graced the car during their most recent shot at glory.

Instead, their creation is as grey as can be, blending into the very track surface it now trundles along.

Drivers and officials alike have come and gone—some made to walk the plank, others fleeing the sinking ship—as the team have scrambled to re-inject some inspiration. 



Yet even the team's desire to overhaul their driver line-up for the third consecutive season—having earlier this season courted drivers of the calibre of Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton an...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Formula 1

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