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McLaren working to expedite James Key's start date

McLaren are working to expedite James Key's start date after recently announcing they'd signed an agreement for the Britain to join the team as their new technical director. Key however remains contracted to Toro Rosso on a 'long-term' deal, which is believed to run until 2020 and Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko expressed no desire during the Hungarian Grand Prix weekend to let him out of that deal early. '[McLaren boss] Zak Brown asked us if we would release him from this contract earlier,' said Marko. 'We were still negotiating when suddenly we read in the press that McLaren has signed him. Mr Key will have to wait a long time before he can work for McLaren.' But Brown, whilst...
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