Formulation E CEO Jeff Dodds has insisted that the “door will stay open” ought to McLaren wish to return to the all-electric championship sooner or later.
It was introduced by McLaren final Friday that it will leave FE at the conclusion of the current season, with group principal Ian James already in dialogue with potential traders.
The group itself is about to proceed in Season 12, with McLaren to depart as a model. McLaren’s time in FE was short-lived, having solely joined in 2023.
McLaren changed Mercedes EQ who stop on the finish of the Gen2 period, leading to McLaren taking on the Bicester-based outfit for Gen3.
For FE, McLaren represents the most recent main globally-recognised firm to depart, though Dodds understands the choice.
He has pressured that the championship’s relationship with McLaren stays intact, and {that a} return would all the time be welcomed.
“There isn’t any therapeutic concerned, proper? However manufacturers come and go, manufacturers make decisions within the second,” Dodds informed choose media, together with RacingNews365.
“I used to work for Virgin, used to steer a large a part of Virgin Media O2, and inside that we made sponsorship decisions, we made advertising partnership decisions, and so they change relying on what we have been making an attempt to attain.
“Once I was there, we have been the principle shirt sponsor of Southampton Soccer Membership, after which we got here off of that when our ambitions modified and we have been making an attempt to ship various things.
“McLaren are completely entitled to make their decisions primarily based on what their targets are and ambitions are. We’re an inclusive championship, not an unique one. Our door will stay open anytime they wish to come and speak to us.
“Zak [Brown] and I’ve one another’s numbers, and we’ll proceed to speak and play golf and have beers. There isn’t any harm carried out in any relationship.
“We’re grateful for the years they have been a part of the championship, and so they purchased a whole lot of enjoyment and so they purchased a whole lot of power to the championship. Completely no arduous emotions. Life is approach too quick for that.”
