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Customer teams can't win championships - Dennis

McLaren chairman Ron Dennis believes it to be a near impossibility for a customer team to win a world championship under the current engine formula. The Briton claims the advantage gained by building your own engine, like Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull - through Renault - makes it extremely unlikely that a customer team will be able to beat them because they simply don't have the same level of detail and information as a manufacturer team. He made his comments whilst reflecting on McLaren's recent relationship with Mercedes and the teams switch to Honda power next year. "The one thing that jumps at you, if you look at all the qualifications this year, is the time difference between the...
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