2021 a “very successful year” despite McLaren’s drop to fourth

McLaren continued its resurgence in 2020 by claiming third in the championship and scoring two podiums with Lando Norris and Carlos Sainz Jr but couldn’t hang onto that position in 2021 as Ferrari swung back after several lean years of its own.

But despite dropping a position in the championship, Brown thinks 2021 was still a landmark year for the Woking team, and not just because of Daniel Ricciardo’s shock win in Monza, McLaren’s first grand prix victory in nine long…