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Boullier: To be ambitious you have to take risks

McLaren have defended their ‘ambitious' car design after Fernando Alonso suffered more reliability problems with the MCL33 on Friday's final day of Formula 1 pre-season testing at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. The Spaniard was sidelined for almost five hours by an oil leak and engine change before eventually returning to put in the second fastest lap of the day and third fastest of this year's testing. Former world champions McLaren have switched from Honda to Renault engines this season and are hoping to move back up the grid after sinking to ninth of 10 teams last season. 'We have an ambitious design around the car and you can see that the car is a little bit different from the...
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