The FIA’s swear police would be having a field day. “S---,” exclaims Zak Brown as he dumps a forehand into the net during an early morning game of tennis with the Telegraph at Melbourne’s national tennis centre on Friday.
McLaren’s chief executive, it turns out, plays tennis exactly how you would expect – aggressive, forceful, rushing the net wherever possible and cursing loudly when he makes a mistake.
The American increasingly likes to blow off steam on the tennis court. It began last year when he joined a small group of team members who play regularly, and has rapidly become a key part of his race weekends.