McLaren's disastrous 1994 F1 season with Peugeot

McLaren’s single season with Peugeot in F1 goes down as a year to forget in the team’s great history. But even though the short-lived alliance didn’t enjoy much success, there was plenty going on to make it worth the Bring Back V10s treatment. Glenn Freeman, Ben Anderson, and Edd Straw revisit how McLaren tried to adapt to life after Ayrton Senna, and how it nearly coaxed his great rival Alain Prost out or retirement to spearhead its new era. We also dive into Martin Brundle’s gamble to land the seat Prost rejected. We couldn’t possibly dig into every Peugeot engine failure from that season, but we do stop off along the way at the most famous ones, and look at the fallout behind the scenes after Brundle’s car burst into flames at the start of the British GP.  We then get into how quickly the relationship fell apart, with McLaren finding a way out of its Peugeot deal to link up with Mercedes for 1995, to the benefit of Jordan. 00:00 Intro 03:00 Why they joined forces 08:44 Goals for 1994 11:23 The Prost saga 18:55 Talks with Herbert 21:33 Brundle's gamble pays off 28:35 Brazil horror shunt 32:28 Hakkinen angers Senna 36:54 Signs of promise 40:00 Silverstone inferno 51:40 Hakkinen's ban 54:53 Alliot stands in 01:02:00 Deciding to split 01:11:25 How Jordan got Peugeot 01:14:23 McLaren's outrageous targets 01:18:00 Brundle's future 01:21:21 Peugeot's parting shot #f1 #mclaren #peugeot #bringbackv10s #formula1 #podcast #f1podcast #history #retro #nostalgia #f1history #classicf1 #v10 #1990s #1994 #brundle #hakkinen