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McLaren rules out building own engine
– McLaren Executive Director Zak Brown has ruled out the team producing its own engine for Formula 1, amid current partner Honda's reliability and performance woes.McLaren reunited with Honda in 2015 and struggled en route to ninth in the championship standings, before steady progress through 2016 led to an improved sixth place.However, for 2017, an overhauled Honda unit involving "very high risk" led to another troubled pre-season, with matters only improving slightly at the first round in Australia.McLaren reportedly contacted Mercedes over a potential supply deal for 2018, while talk grew that it could build its own power unit, but Brown has now ruled out the...
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