New McLaren sporting director Gil de Ferran has given his first impressions on what needs to change in order to make the Woking team great again.

De Ferran’s arrival at McLaren was part of a staff overhaul with racing director Eric Boullier resigning and replaced by a three-man organisation at the top of the chain of command.

De Ferran began his new role on July and, after his first race weekend in the hotseat at the British Grand Prix, identified the areas where McLaren need to improve quickly.

“I think Zak [Brown] actually outlined the whole thing really well,” De Ferran told The Checkered Flag.

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