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Alonso shunt set Mclaren Honda back 2 months

Mclaren Honda have revealed the full extent to which Fernando Alonso's shunt during the opening race of the 2016 Formula One World Championship set the team back. In this film from Mobil One's the grid, Simon Roberts – Operational Director for the team, explains the complexities of component manufacturing & supply planning Simon explains that in the immediate aftermath of the crash the team sought to access which components could be recovered and from there overlaid the manufacturing planning for new replacement components over and above any other plans. With an F1 car being made up of over 7000 handmade components, manufacturing replacements is not a 3 day job, the impact on...
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