Four months after they’ve announced they’ll part ways with Mercedes Benz in Formula One, McLaren Automotive seems to have already purchased back a big stake in the Woking organization back. According to F1 team principal Martin Whitmarsh, it seems that the German carmaker now owns only 11 percent of the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes F1 Team.
Before November 2009, when McLaren were Mercedes’ works team inside the series, the Germans used to control 40 percent of the outfit. When deciding to switch… (read more)