The news that McLaren is expected to shed around 70 staff from its Formula 1 team as part of 1200 job cuts across its Group sent shock waves across the motorsport and automotive world this week.
At a time when many people's lockdown thoughts are shifting towards the new normal, and what happens next when the show gets back on the road, it brought a grim reminder that there are not just sunlit uplands ahead.
Indeed, it was no surprise to hear McLaren team principal Andreas Seidl talk about the "massive and painful" task his outfit now face in getting below new spending limits that are needed to ensure F1's survival.