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McLaren-Renault: An uphill battle

Fernando Alonso's fifth place in Australia with the McLaren-Renault was being spun positively by the team, which pointed out that at the first attempt it equalled the best result in three years of slog with Honda. But closer scrutiny suggests a worrying performance deficit to the team's ultimate point of reference, Red Bull. The Formula 1 Gossip ColumnBrawn on F1's 'missing ingredient' Regardless of whether Renault Sport made any competitive progress relative to Mercedes and Ferrari with its 2018 power unit, one of the biggest pre-season intrigues was how would the newly Renault-powered McLaren shape up against Red Bull. After three disastrous seasons with Honda, during which time it was...
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