One of the best in season development teams in formula 1, a team that pushes harder than its rivals to develop its car! What happend to this spirit? Mclaren have been having shambolic pitstops, relied on luck, rain and strategy calls for their wins, this has been going on for three years now, if a multi-million dollar cooperation built to win, as Ron always says, has not won either the constructors or drivers championship for three years now and it looks like this trend will continue into the unforseeable future and we still say this is not a crisis then i don't know what it is then!
I seem to remember that Ferrari went 21 years without a drivers title and 16 years without a constructors crown so I don't think it's time to panic just yet.
Given that Mclaren have taken a car that in pre-season testing was AT BEST the third quickest on the track and are now sitting in second place in the constructors championship and joint second in the drivers I think it's a case of "Crisis? What Crisis?"
Lets get some perspective on this.
Red Bull - Current Champions
Mercedes - Last Championship 2009
Mclaren - Last Championship 2008
Ferrari - Last Championship 2007
Renault - Last Championship 2006
Williams - Last Championship 1997
Torro Rosso - 1 Race win
Sauber - 1 Race win
Force India - A podium
Lotus Racing - Never Scored a point
Virgin - Never Scored a point
HRT - Never Scored a point
So, is it really Mclaren in crisis ???