Fernando Alonso has rejected claims he was involved in the process that saw McLaren fire racing director Eric Boullier this week.
On Wednesday, the British team confirmed the former Lotus boss would resign from his position with immediate effect after a turbulent four years that has seen the ups and downs of Honda and the disappointment of 2018.
Following promotions for Gil de Ferran to sporting director and Andrea Stella to performance director, some had seen some Alonso hallmarks, with Stella having worked closely with the Spaniard previously at Ferrari, but the double world champion insists any input was only advisory.
“I wasn’t consulted, I was informed about all the changes and all the new possibilities,” he said ahead of the British GP.
“Obviously I had more experience with Andrea than Zak, who has only known Andrea for one year. He wanted my opinion and how I see also Gil but obviously, he knows Gil for 20 years and I know Gil for one year so he knows much more than me in terms of what possibilities and what scenarios may make Gil come into play.
“I fully trust whatever decision and just moving forward the most important thing is to improve the car and to be more competitive and hopefully from this weekend we’ll see a step forward.”
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Talking to Sky Sports about the changes, Brown laid out what he hopes to achieve by introducing the changes.
“I think we need to be a faster, more nimble organisation that communicates better, we’ve got great talent here, it’s just not gelling like it needs to gel,” he claimed.
“I think the reason the car’s not performing on the track is we’re not performing well as a team. What I see is we’re too slow to react, I think we need to simplify things within the organisation.
“It’s the start of the process and we’re far from finished,” he concluded.
