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Fortune
Christiaan Hetzner

A Formula 1 giant’s CEO describes how a ‘guilty until proven innocent’ culture was holding his team back—and how he fixed it

McLaren Racing boss Zak Brown (Credit: Dan Istitene—Formula 1/Getty Images)

Running a Formula 1 racing team may sound like the ultimate dream job.

Yet there was little evidence of the glamorous lifestyle—for which this elite motorsport is so famous—when Zak Brown took over McLaren Racing in 2016.

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