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Earlier 2016 calendar impacted work on new McLaren
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McLaren operations director Simon Roberts reveals that “a fantastic effort” was needed over Christmas to meet the new, tighter build schedule of the MP4-31. A late change to the start of the 2016 season, which saw the Australian Grand Prix being moved forward by two weeks to March 20, created a knock-on effect and resulted in an earlier February 22 kickoff for the opening pre-season test. “Our entire build programme wasn’t lined up for that!” Roberts told the official McLaren website. “So we knew we had a problem to solve. In terms of our design and engineering capacity, it’s a relatively straightforward re-planning exercise – there’s less time to...
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