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New McLaren F1 car name breaks tradition
McLaren's 2017 Formula One car will be a break with the past, and the era of now-departed boss Ron Dennis, the team said on Friday. '2017 is all about change, and our car name is changing too,' McLaren said on Twitter, announcing the car would no longer have the MP4 prefix that has been carried by every McLaren since 1981. The prefix alluded to Project Four, a team founded by Dennis in 1976 that merged with McLaren in 1980. Dennis was forced out as team boss by McLaren shareholders in November, with American Zak Brown coming in as executive director of the former world champions. McLaren said the new Honda-powered car, which would have been the MP4-32, would now be designated the MCL32....
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