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Originally Posted by Juntos
I do agree. But I can't see a manufacturer developing a brand new car with a bunch of juniors. Anticipation or not, you need experienced people for a season. And two guys are not enough to make a team of three.
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Id suggest you maybe need to learn a bit more about these drivers before judging them.
Joe Osborne isnt a spring chicken, and has good experience developing cars.
Rob Bell is still also present at Mclaren, he developed the 720s, he wont have a race programme beyond his British GT car, but thats not his role.
Michael Cooper is a well established name in US sportscar racing, and has driven for GM factory efforts before. He had a tough break last year after being dropped from his PWC programme when it was too close to the start of the season to really find a wealth of alternative programmes.
Paul Holton is young sure, but well proven in the GT4, and is very used to coaching amateurs (a lot of GT3 is PRO AM remember)
Kuno Wittmer, remember him from anywhere? IMSA GTLM champion Kuno Wittmer?
Martin Kondric is a development driver, but has a LOT of experience over the last few years..
Fran Rueda has been running incredibly well in GT Open for a number of years..
The rest of the junior drivers are there to learn and improve, this is clearly a long term strategy from Mclaren... Would you rather they employ a bunch of old guys who will be strong for a year and then retire?
Sure plenty of manufacturers do that, but increasingly people like AMG, Porsche, are investing in junior programmes to bring their own new guys up the ranks.
Why not