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Mid-season F1 review: How McLaren got back on track

McLaren is not yet where it wants to be but it has made giant strides in 2019 after a lacklustre finish to its horrible 2018 campaign. Motorsport Week’s mid-season review continues with the ongoing tangerine dream. High point: Strong France/Austria displays in which it gapped midfield Low point: Unfortunate first-lap clash in China 2018 was supposed to herald a new era for McLaren but instead it merely exposed the weaknesses within an organisation that had lost its way and which needed a reshuffle. The latter half of the year drifted into an insipid and humiliating farewell tour for Fernando Alonso (oh, and that other bloke, Belgian, remember him?) as it slumped to an abject sixth...
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