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Brown: McLaren was 'pretty close' to signing Ricciardo
McLaren CEO Zak Brown says that his team came close to signing up Daniel Ricciardo to race for them next season. Ricciardo was linked to a possible move to McLaren at the end of June. Rumours peaked at the French Grand Prix but subsequently subsided as it appeared that the Australian had decided to stay put at Red Bull. However this week he shocked the motor racing world by announcing that he had signed up for Renault instead. "I think it was probably pretty close between us and Renault," Brown told RACER magazine on Friday. “Had we been running more competitively I think that would have increased our odds. “We had a couple of meetings and we are big fans of Daniel,” Brown...
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