'Not going to any F1 races' - Palou responds to Brown's criticism

IndyCar champion Alex Palou is supposed to be at the Singapore Grand Prix as McLaren's Formula 1 reserve. Unsurprisingly, he won't be

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I keep wondering if Zak Brown is the problem with drivers? The Danny debacle, then Nyck, and now Alex.

I get that Zak is the president/ceo/wannabe team principal, but I often think he needs to stay in his lane and let people do their jobs
- To me he feels like a proper old school, American manager, with the firm belief that you need to be tough on people to get the best from them. He also gives off a bit of a "fuck yeah, I'm awesome" vibe.
  
  That's just my very subjective impression, though, not based on much beyond watching a few interviews with him..
  
  In other words: “yes”?
- Driver management is typically the job of the CEO, not the team principal. So it would be Zak's job, yes.
"I don’t think I have anything that it’s going to benefit him or me to say at the moment."

That's a refreshingly mature statement that it would be good to remember when the hacks start trying to drum up controversy by taking quotes out of context!