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Originally Posted by masraum
Not that I'm a target for the T.50. But if I was going to be an owner. I'd want to sit and watch as they built "my car." There's a very good chance that I'd do a lot of fondling. The attention to detail that went into the F1 and is going into the T.50 is phenomenal.
So, Captain, have you ever considered going back? If they had called and said "come help with the T.50" would you have gone, or at least, had to think long and hard?
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Thanks Steve, hope my stories don't come across as bragging, it's just stuff I've done and hopefully mildly interesting
After I left McLaren Gordon offered me my old job back but working on the Mercedes SLR. I so wanted to but had to say no as I'd just bought our house which was beyond commuting distance. SLR didn't turn into the car he wanted as the suits in Munich got involved, taking the 'just add more power route' and it all got a bit heavy, so no regrets from me
Loved working for Gordon, he's a gent, easily one of the most clever I've ever worked with, learnt a huge amount from him, one of a very short list of people I'd drop my job to go and work for.
A very good friend and ex-Mc F1 veteran is head of engineering on the T.50, can't tell you how many times I've nearly picked up the phone. Not done it yet, not enough of me to go around, got more than I can do on my 'man cave project' and the few F1 hours I work.
Really pleased you appreciate the T.50, for me it's the true continuation on from the F1 and not anything McLaren have built since
The attention to detail going into the T.50 will make it a very special car and make the F1 look very, very old skool
and every other road useable super car look obesely over weight