SPORTS: “[D]uring the Sunday of the Miami Grand Prix weekend, former U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit to the McLaren team garage drew significant attention and controversy. McLaren has since issued a statement clarifying their position, emphasizing their non-political nature while respecting the presidential office…
In response to widespread discussion and scrutiny, McLaren released a detailed statement explaining their stance, as quoted by The Race. The statement read:
‘McLaren is a non-political organisation however we recognise and respect the office of President of the United States so when the request was made to visit our garage on race day we accepted alongside the president of the FIA and the CEO’s of Liberty Media and Formula 1. We were honoured that McLaren Racing was chosen as the representative of F1 which gave us the opportunity to showcase the world class engineering that we bring to motorsport.'”
-Alex Harrington, “F1 News: McLaren Defends Themselves Over Donald Trump Pit Visit,” newsweek.com, May 5, 2024