Mike Flewitt

Interview

McLaren, founded in 1963, was a motorsport company until 2011, when it launched its first mass-produced car, the MP4-12C. (We’ll refer to the F1 supercar of the ’90s as more of a bespoke vanity project.) Under CEO Mike Flewitt—who spent much of his career at Ford and had stints at Rolls-Royce, Bentley, and others before joining McLaren in 2012—the company has a clear product and business plan. It has gone from its first somewhat muddled