 His work with the McLaren's F1 team lasted only a year, when he was placed in charge of the organisation's driver development programme.West Competition's cars were given a silver-grey livery that was near-identical to that of the McLaren F1 cars; this remained largely the same for the period of the team's existence, even when West were replaced as title sponsor by mySAP.com.Many of the team went on to have further success within McLaren, as well as other motor racing and the automotive industry.