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Zak Brown: McLaren car weaker than last year's

German Grand Prix – McLaren CEO Zak Brown says that the team have identified weaknesses with their MCL33 that show areas where the car is worse than last year's. McLaren entered 2018 with an air of optimism, having changed engine providers from Honda to Renault after three years of struggling for pace or reliability with the Japanese manufacturer. That initial optimism faded quite quickly as the reality of the pace of their new car revealed itself. While McLaren had the fallback of blaming their engine partner for poor performance for the last three years, this cannot be said in 2018. The Renault engine is a race winner in the hands of Red Bull, and a serious midfield competitor in...
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