They may have won six races this season, but finishing runner-up to Red Bull in both titles has been hard for McLaren to swallow. A tricky winter off-track was followed by a difficult spring on it, and only in the summer did their fortunes finally turn – by which time it was too late.
Team principal Martin Whitmarsh discusses what went wrong, how they put it right and why 2012 will be better, plus the Hamilton-Button dynamic, resource restriction agreements, team politics and more