Formula 1 legend Sir Jack
Brabham won three Drivers' World Championships and is the only man to win a
world title in a car of his own construction.
source: GP2005.com / McLaren He talks to Racing Line (Official McLaren Mag) about former team-mate Bruce McLaren and his views on Formula 1 today. You recently visited the McLaren Technology Centre, what did you think of the facility? It was a bit of an eye opener, the facilities are so different to what I used to have when I was building cars. The thing that amazed me really was how clean they can keep it all. It is so pristine it reminded me of a hospital! It's just a different way of doing things. I think Ron Dennis has planned it extremely well and really thought about the future of the team. Formula 1 today has changed so much since you won your Drivers' World Championships in 1959, 1960 and 1966. What do you make of it? Formula 1 today has really just developed into a huge business with a lot of money and people involved. You have got to have the sponsors and the money behind you to get anywhere. The cars are just evolutionary, they keep on developing all the time and technology is changing dramatically. Do you think these changes are for better or for worse? The whole point of motor racing is to go around the race track faster than the other people and it's the development of the car that creates that. The cars today are so different to what I used to drive and the technique of driving them has also changed. It's simply a new era of the sport, but the principles of racing remain the same.
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