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McLaren-Honda set to crash-test ‘short nose’

McLaren on Wednesday confirmed it is bringing a significant package of aerodynamic upgrades to the MP4-30 car in Austria. Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button left Monaco recently expecting the Honda-powered car to struggle on the long straights of Canada this weekend. But then it emerged the team's Japanese ‘power unit' partner has for the first time in 2015 traded in some in-season ‘tokens' to bring performance to the turbo V6. Not only that, Spaniard Alonso flagged a round of significant car upgrades for the Austrian grand prix later in June. Rumours early this week suggested one of the features of the package is a ‘short nose', which will require mandatory FIA...
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