Martin Whitmarsh to Aston

[carl_w]

Former McLaren boss to return as Group CEO of Aston Martin Performance Technologies

https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/former-mclaren-b...

[Steamer]

Always liked Whitmarsh - he was just in the right place at the wrong time..

..Fair play to Aston, they seem to be getting some big names around them.

[Dynion Araf Uchaf]

Mods can we change the title to Martin joins Aston?

Not the best move i think. Took Mclaren to its depths, lost Hamilton set up Honda and is a man Max Mosely described as being a detail man, but the wrong detail.

18 months and he is out!

[SturdyHSV]

He always came across as a decent guy so nice to hear he's back.

[Adrian W]

I always had the impression that he would smile while stting on you, of course I have never met the man.

[HJG]

Followed him through work once whilst I was carrying a large box. He slipped through every closing door as if touching it would kill him. He knew someone was behind him too.
Never liked him after that!

[Jasandjules]

I always felt he was like the person who went to a team and then it went wrong.. A poisoned chalice if you will. I may be misremembering mind...

[Piginapoke]

Jasandjules said:

I always felt he was like the person who went to a team and then it went wrong.. A poisoned chalice if you will. I may be misremembering mind...

I think you're referring to his matrix management system, which did for McLaren for many years.

[patmahe]

Whether he succeeds or not, the hiring of Whitmarsh is a huge statement of intent, Aston Martin mean business. I believe if they slot him into the right role and give him enough freedom he'll do well.

Will be interesting to see where Aston are in the coming years and whether the current and future hirings end up bringing the success they hope for.

[Leithen]

He was at McLaren from ‘89. He had a lot of success.

[ettore]

I think this is an odd hire - a good guy a long time ago but time has moved on and he’s had little success since. He exited McLaren with a significant bung which seemed to dent any real drive.

[Derek Smith]

Dynion Araf Uchaf said:

Mods can we change the title to Martin joins Aston?

Not the best move i think. Took Mclaren to its depths, lost Hamilton set up Honda and is a man Max Mosely described as being a detail man, but the wrong detail.

18 months and he is out!

Mosley was always making barbed comments about various people in F1, but without evidence and without justification. I would treat anything he said or wrote with caution; extreme caution is your find yourself believing it.

He also had a serious problem with McLaren. Every success they had hurt him deeply.

[carinaman]

Dynion Araf Uchaf said:

Mods can we change the title to Martin joins Aston?

Very good.

[Civpilot]

carinaman said:

Dynion Araf Uchaf said:

Mods can we change the title to Martin joins Aston?

Very good.

Or even ‘Aston hires Martin’

[JaredVannett]

Adrian W said:

I always had the impression that he would smile while stting on you, of course I have never met the man.

Yep

His freakish smile is very disturbing.

[Hungrymc]

Far too political and far too focused on himself, A big part of setting McL into the decline which they are now starting to come out of.

[JaredVannett]

Hungrymc said:

Far too political and far too focused on himself, A big part of setting McL into the decline which they are now starting to come out of.

100% ... so many ppl thinking it's a great move lmao!

[Leithen]

Hungrymc said:

Far too political and far too focused on himself, A big part of setting McL into the decline which they are now starting to come out of.

He took his blinking time supposedly setting this decline up. Championships in ‘89, ‘90, ‘91, ‘98, ‘99 and ‘08….

[Dynion Araf Uchaf]

Leithen said:

Hungrymc said:

Far too political and far too focused on himself, A big part of setting McL into the decline which they are now starting to come out of.

He took his blinking time supposedly setting this decline up. Championships in ‘89, ‘90, ‘91, ‘98, ‘99 and ‘08….

Um I think you’ll find his was Big Ron’s bag carrier at that time

[F1GTRUeno]

Jasandjules said:

I always felt he was like the person who went to a team and then it went wrong.. A poisoned chalice if you will. I may be misremembering mind...

Just like Sam Michael.

Fully expecting pit stops at AM to go tits up like they did in Whitmarsh’s later years at McLaren.