McLaren would need to be competitive to enter IndyCar/WEC

As Zak Brown heads for Detroit this weekend to explore potential options for running a full-time McLaren entry in IndyCar next year, he will do so with two main criteria in mind.

"Firstly, our number one priority is and always will be Formula One," McLaren's executive director said, "so any time we review another racing activity our first criteria is that it does not compromise our Formula One efforts in any shape or form.

"Then beyond that for us to consider another form of motorsport, in no particular order as they are all equally important, we have to make sure we are competitive and it fits our brand and commercially viable and what our partners want."

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