Legendary McLaren and Ferrari designer John Barnard has been doing the media rounds of late, promoting his new book, The Perfect Car. ESPN interrupted his summer sojourn to France for an exclusive interview on the trials and tribulations currently affecting two of Formula One's most iconic names.
McLaren has been the high-profile sob story of the season, and recent weeks have seen all manner of change at Woking, with the ousting of Eric Boullier and a restructure of the technical team. Barnard has not been shy of criticising his former employers, who were in a similar performance slump when he returned to the team in 1980.