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Zak Brown

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942 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

The Race F1 Podcast
The Race Business in conversation with McLaren's Zak Brown

On the flip side, I think when you look at the level of professionalism in Formula One, you know, it's a quality over quantity game.

The Race F1 Podcast
The Race Business in conversation with McLaren's Zak Brown

And I think that's something IndyCar could benefit from, you know, quality over quantity.

The Race F1 Podcast
The Race Business in conversation with McLaren's Zak Brown

So kind of the two somewhere in the middle.

The Race F1 Podcast
The Race Business in conversation with McLaren's Zak Brown

You know, I think we can't race everything everywhere all the time.

The Race F1 Podcast
The Race Business in conversation with McLaren's Zak Brown

And, you know, we don't have electrification in our road cars, certainly at the moment.

The Race F1 Podcast
The Race Business in conversation with McLaren's Zak Brown

We've been to Le Mans.

The Race F1 Podcast
The Race Business in conversation with McLaren's Zak Brown

We've won Le Mans.

The Race F1 Podcast
The Race Business in conversation with McLaren's Zak Brown

We've got history there.

The Race F1 Podcast
The Race Business in conversation with McLaren's Zak Brown

That's much more...

The Race F1 Podcast
The Race Business in conversation with McLaren's Zak Brown

relevant for McLaren today IndyCar is about having a much larger presence in North America as big as Formula One is here we want to be even bigger than our competition so it's just a function of you know the triple crown is what gets us excited we're the only team to have ever won it

The Race F1 Podcast
The Race Business in conversation with McLaren's Zak Brown

We're the only team currently competing in it and or will be competing in it.

The Race F1 Podcast
The Race Business in conversation with McLaren's Zak Brown

So, yeah, it was a strategic decision.

The Race F1 Podcast
The Race Business in conversation with McLaren's Zak Brown

I've seen the new Formula E cars.

The Race F1 Podcast
The Race Business in conversation with McLaren's Zak Brown

They look pretty awesome.

The Race F1 Podcast
The Race Business in conversation with McLaren's Zak Brown

But it was just, I would say, WEC is a better brand fit for us.

The Race F1 Podcast
The Race Business in conversation with McLaren's Zak Brown

That's a good question.

The Race F1 Podcast
The Race Business in conversation with McLaren's Zak Brown

Well...

The Race F1 Podcast
The Race Business in conversation with McLaren's Zak Brown

I don't know because I think what you could do with Formula One cars, we don't want to do with Formula One cars, which is using technology and diminishing the role of the driver.

The Race F1 Podcast
The Race Business in conversation with McLaren's Zak Brown

But no one wants that.

The Race F1 Podcast
The Race Business in conversation with McLaren's Zak Brown

So we need to keep that balance.