Jonathan Neale on McLaren’s engineering reshuffle

After taking eight championships and 164 race victories since they first burst on to the Formula One scene in 1966, there’s very little left for McLaren to learn. But in 2010 the British team faces a tough challenge as they adjust to life in the sport’s new climate of ‘resource restriction’, which will see a dramatic reduction in trackside staff.

Ever-efficient McLaren, however, are determined not to get blindsided by the cost cuts, and have decided to reshuffle their engineering department accordingly. With Phil Prew stepping in to the role of principal race engineer, and Andy Latham and Jakob Andreason taking charge of race engineering for Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button respectively, it’s clear a new period in McLaren’s history is well underway. Here McLaren Racing’s managing director, Jonathan Neale, reveals all…