If anyone deserved to be on the podium after the 2021 Italian Grand Prix; it is Zak Brown, the McLaren team boss celebrating a famous one-two victory for his team at Monza, their first victory in nine years. For McLaren fans and neutrals on Sunday, papaya was the colour that shocked the establishment as Ricciardo powered to the team's 183rd grand prix victory – only Ferrari have more with 238 wins – marking a welcome return to the victory circle. On November 21, 2016, Brown was put in charge of McLaren, a ‘supertanker' of an F1 team that had lost its way while transitioning from the Ron Dennis era to the modern world with the American marketing guru in charge. At first,...
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