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Old 11 Jan 2018, 17:38 (Ref:3792072)   #1
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Old 11 Jan 2018, 20:05 (Ref:3792104)   #2
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Old 11 Jan 2018, 20:11 (Ref:3792109)   #3
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Talks a lot does Mr Brown eh?
I think you are mistaken, Americans are renowned for being quiet and understated in everything they say and do, if you want a country of loud obnoxious people go to Finland.
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Oh aye, Zak Brown talks far more than Lauda, Wolff and Horner.
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Oh aye, Zak Brown talks far more than Lauda, Wolff and Horner.
Mercedes have more to shout about, and Horner is just the media mouthpiece put up by Red Bull as he has nothing better to do during the race.
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Old 11 Jan 2018, 20:53 (Ref:3792116)   #6
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I think you are mistaken, Americans are renowned for being quiet and understated in everything they say and do, if you want a country of loud obnoxious people go to Finland.
Gaaaaaaaaaaah! I have English friends, eyes, and ears so I know this to be true, but I've never been able to figure out why. Every time a Brit opens their mouth I automatically think they're smarter than me and I feel under dressed.


As for Zak, I really like him! He's doing more to engage the American F1 fans than anyone I've seen. Most of the season he would call into the NBC race broadcast and do an interview during the race. Being a McLaren fan, I thought this was awesome. Bringing Alonso over for the 500 was a HUGE deal too.
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You've not met me yet. We can solve this problem for you.
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bit of an F1 coincidence seeing this thread today as i just read the Zak Brown guest blog he posted today on James Allen's blog site.

https://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2018/...bout-for-2018/

some general thoughts on F1 for 2018 as well as thoughts on other categories. nothing groundbreaking but straightforward comments without any RonSpeak so thats something!

a bit off topic but next month there will be a 4 episode documentary on Amazon Prime about Mclaren's 2017 season.

will wait to see how much access/insightful it is but surely not something Ron would have done.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVCwf6__yB0
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Oh aye, Zak Brown talks far more than Lauda, Wolff and Horner.
Mr Steiner seems to be quoted about Haas every other week as well..
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it’s funny, if you focus on one person being quoted on the motorsport network nonsense and read all their quotes at once it becomes blindingly apparent a great deal of articles are produced from one reasonably short conversation, and often a month or so prior at this time of year.

some people may say tenths is losing popularity, i’d say it’s more that people on here realise that often there’s not a great deal to talk about that changes often enough for fresh debate every few days. unfortunately, the 24 hour press nowadays can’t get away with publishing nothing for a few days.
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Old 12 Jan 2018, 10:47 (Ref:3792244)   #11
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He's certainly a bit of an addition to the Piranha Club has Zak
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Old 12 Jan 2018, 13:06 (Ref:3792262)   #12
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Oh aye, Zak Brown talks far more than Lauda, Wolff and Horner.
...combined. At least there is substance to what they say backed up on the track.

I loved the way he said we don't need a title sponsor in reaction to not getting one (after him previously saying it was a priority for 2018...). He may as well have said no, we don't need 100m free cash to help the team.
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bit of an F1 coincidence seeing this thread today as i just read the Zak Brown guest blog he posted today on James Allen's blog site.

https://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2018/...bout-for-2018/

some general thoughts on F1 for 2018 as well as thoughts on other categories. nothing groundbreaking but straightforward comments without any RonSpeak so thats something!

a bit off topic but next month there will be a 4 episode documentary on Amazon Prime about Mclaren's 2017 season.

will wait to see how much access/insightful it is but surely not something Ron would have done.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVCwf6__yB0
Actually, McLaren have form for this - "A Season with McLaren" from the 93 season was a six parter shown on BBC 2 over the winter of 94 and very good actually. Ron was heavily involved and showed his many sides, some good, some not so as is Ron.
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I have to admit I quite like Zak Brown - yes he talks a lot of ******** but so do all of the people the teams shove out in front of the microphone. The reason I like him is quite simple - he's a genuine racer, he loves the sport - his collection of cars (that he drives in anger not just garaged) is the sort of thing we all dream of. So yes he's full of corporate waffle but on the whole - a decent bloke to have involved I think.
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Indeed we have to thank him for letting Fred do the Indy 500 and now the Daytona 24. And hopefully also the LM24

And yes I was thinking of that BBC Documentary too when the above poster said that Ron probably wouldn’t do a documentary.
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And yes I was thinking of that BBC Documentary too when the above poster said that Ron probably wouldn’t do a documentary.
didnt realize this. have something to watch this weekend now...if i can find it online.

look forward to it. thanks
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didnt realize this. have something to watch this weekend now...if i can find it online.

look forward to it. thanks
It was very good, I can roughly remember the episodes;
- One about the mechanics
- One on the race engineers (Steve Hallam for Andretti/Hakkinen and Giorgio Ascanelli for Senna)
- One about the sponsorship hunting.
- One about Senna
- One about Andretti
- One about Hakkinen

All done through the 1993 season with the relevant episode revolving around the topic above. At the time, I felt it was quite open and a great behind the scenes view.
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I have to admit I quite like Zak Brown - yes he talks a lot of ******** but so do all of the people the teams shove out in front of the microphone. The reason I like him is quite simple - he's a genuine racer, he loves the sport - his collection of cars (that he drives in anger not just garaged) is the sort of thing we all dream of. So yes he's full of corporate waffle but on the whole - a decent bloke to have involved I think.
As and when McLaren start performing better, I just think he's a hot air merchant. I get the whole he's into cars and what not and was obviously very good at his previous job (and he annoyed me then too actually!) but he is very prolific with no results just yet.
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Indeed we have to thank him for letting Fred do the Indy 500 and now the Daytona 24. And hopefully also the LM24
You could argue that this was a no brainer rather than the master stroke it's often held up to be. For one, Alonso wants to do these races. Do the other drivers necessarily?

If he blocked Alonso, Alonso would leave McLaren and replace with who, Jo Palmer?

So to me it was the obvious thing to do, to let a driver who wants to do these races do so for fear of leaving the team - even if it meant missing Monaco. Alonso wouldn't do that if the McLaren was a winning car.

Maybe I'm just turning into a grumpy old man at nearly 44... the world has beaten me down early
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I've read all the comments on here re Zak...
This bloke has some shoes to fit into..
Look at Ron's success over the years and his downfall.
Now Zak is in front of the camera talking up 2018 season. What else can he do?
The generations have changed. Ron has gone..let Zak find his feet at McLaren..
Thank Heavens FA is still there...I think, thanks to Zak.
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Actually, McLaren have form for this - "A Season with McLaren" from the 93 season was a six parter shown on BBC 2 over the winter of 94 and very good actually. Ron was heavily involved and showed his many sides, some good, some not so as is Ron.
That was a really good documentary. I still have a copy of it somewhere.
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As and when McLaren start performing better, I just think he's a hot air merchant. I get the whole he's into cars and what not and was obviously very good at his previous job (and he annoyed me then too actually!) but he is very prolific with no results just yet.
Ron's fellow directors / enemies who lets face it were along for the ride on the Ron Show managed to gang up against him and steel his toy (McLaren) and now they don't know what it does or how to run it.

Now they have cut Ron out, they haveappointed Zak who is just a salesman and will just tell everyone what they want to hear.

Long on promises and short on delivery.

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Now they have cut Ron out, they haveappointed Zak who is just a salesman and will just tell everyone what they want to hear.

Long on promises and short on delivery.
He's been executive director for just over a year. What exactly were you expecting from McLaren in 2017?
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The more he's in front of a camera or microphone, the more attention being paid to McLaren. Exposure is huge for sponsors. He wants a sponsor. Makes sense, to keep people talking about and interested in the goings-on of McLaren, as it could lead to more camera time during races even if they're mired around 10th. At least attention for something other than dnf's like last couple years. So it makes sense for him to be talking right now as he has apparently stated at some point that sponsorship was a priority.
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