Here's your Forbes Daily Briefing for Saturday, November 29th. Today on Forbes, how McLaren

staved off financial ruin and revved its F-1 business into high gear. When McLaren drivers

Lando Norris and Oscar Piaustri crossed the finish line in third and fourth place at the Singapore Grand Prix in October,

the chase for Formula One's Constructors' Championship was over.

For the second consecutive season, McLaren had claimed the sport's ultimate prize,

and that left Zach Brown with a pivotal decision to make, how to properly celebrate.

For Brown, the 54-year-old McLaren Racing CEO, though, there wasn't much question how to surround

himself. He says, quote, with your racing team, and not just the racing team at the circuit,

but the entire racing team, which is made up of 1,400 people at McLaren.

Brown knows all too well that the latest McLaren dynasty was preceded by a painful 26-year

title drought. He adds, quote, so pretty exciting times. After coming up short with a stunning

double disqualification in Las Vegas last weekend,

there are two Grand Prix races still remaining in the F-1 season,

this weekend in Qatar, followed by Abu Dhabi next week.

McLaren still hopes to collect more hardware.

Norris has been in pole position to capture the driver's championship,

a feat no one has managed

in a McLaren since Lewis Hamilton did so in 2008. His closest competition in the standings

is his teammate, Piostri, 24 points back. Just as impressive as any trophy, however, is what

McLaren has accomplished off the track. In 2019, Forbes valued the team

at $620 million on $165 million in revenue the preceding year. While only three teams were worth

more, McLaren was by far the least profitable outfit in the sport, with an astonishing $137 million operating

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