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McLaren Has Confidence in Renault Despite ’17 Reliability Issues – Brown

The McLaren F1 Team has confidence in their new engine suppliers Renault Sport, despite the French manufacturer having had reliability issues during the 2017 season. McLaren dissolved their partnership with Honda at the end of 2017 due to their own reliability and competitiveness concerns, but Zak Brown says he expects a much stronger campaign with Renault, particularly as the engine won three races during the season with Red Bull Racing. Throughout their three years with Honda, McLaren were hindered by a lack of pace compared to their rivals, and Brown reckons Renault is up there with the power units from Mercedes-Benz and Ferrari and will benefit their performance in 2018....
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