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Boullier: We may run a different engine until Honda performs

Although Fernando Alonso finally scored McLaren's first points of the season with ninth place in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, the team and their Honda engine partner are still stuck in the middle of a crisis. Only thirteen cars survived the incident packed race in Baku, and Alonso had to graft hard to finish as he and teammate Stoffel Vandoorne struggled with by far slowest and least powerful car on the grid. The prospect of McLaren ditching Honda still looms, but now there is a twist as team chief Eric Boullier suggests that an engine supplier switch may only be a temporary measure until Honda get their act together and produce an engine on par with the other three manufacturers: Ferrari,...
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