When you've claimed 182 Grand Prix victories and several world championships in the past and not won a race for six years, something has to give. Questioning why it's taken this long is just as relevant as asking if Eric Boullier's resignation as race director is the answer to curing McLaren's deep-rooted malaise.
After years of mounting negative whispers, the writing was finally on the paddock wall in Bahrain when the McLaren-Renault MCL33 was blown off by a Toro Rosso-Honda.