McLaren Formula 1 Exec Dir Zak Brown said that the team's behind-the-scenes Amazon documentary "would have fallen flat if the team had censored some of its more controversial moments," according to Jonathan Noble of MOTORSPORT. Amazon's four-part Grand Prix Driver series, which was released last week, follows the McLaren team's preparations for the '17 campaign and "exposes the struggles and frustrations it felt as its relationship with Honda fell apart." Scenes like a "troubled new car engine fire-up, and some eye-opening radio conversations from Fernando Alonso during pre-season testing, have helped the series earn praise from fans who have seen it." Brown said, "We took a decision: if you are going to do a show like that, then you have to be authentic to what the purpose of the show is. So we let them in places and meetings, like we have every Tuesday race debriefs. We took the view that it would be counterproductive if it was the inside of McLaren, edited by McLaren." He added, "We've seen it and there are some scenes -- where we go, 'Oooooh...' But we had to be authentic to what we said the show was going to be about" (MOTORSPORT, 2/14).
