- Third American adventure. Why again with McLaren?
The ruinous management of Bob Fernley in 2019 at the head of the McLaren project in Indianapolis resulted in an immediate dismissal by Zak Brown , the top chief of Woking's team. A few weeks after that grotesque chain of errors, Brown began the search for a substitute for guarantees, convinced at the end that in the 500 Miles there is not a single option for those who do not have truly qualified personnel. And in December he hired Craig Hampson as his new right hand in the Brickyard.
"His signing was one of the reasons for my decision," Fernando Alonso admitted Monday during an interview with the NBC network. "Everyone was telling me that Craig is the man with whom you must work," added the double winner at Le Mans, who doesn't usually give such high praise regularly.
Since January, Hampson has worked hard to develop the three cars of the Arrow McLaren SP team and next May 24 will be Alonso's career engineer at the legendary oval of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
"You can learn a lot"
"He has made a difference in so many races and championships in the last two decades at IndyCar ...", recalled Alonso about the two decades of experience of Hampson, four times champion with Sebastien Bourdais at the Champs Car (2004-2007). "Working with these types of people can make a difference. As a pilot you can learn a lot from the team and the engineers," added the double Formula 1 world champion.
Hampson, who in the last three years also collaborated with Bourdais in the Dale Coyne Racing, will lead a large team, which also highlights Gil de Ferran , sports director, and Nick Snyder , performance director. Under the orders of both, numerous personnel incorporated by the Woking team.
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