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F1: Brown clarifies engine upgrade status

Zak Brown explains why it is that McLaren is the only team yet to run the upgraded Mercedes engine. While Mercedes was first to get its hands on the new engine (natch!), introducing it, to great effect, in Austria, Williams and Alpine received theirs in time for this weekend's race at Silverstone. Which left only McLaren waiting on the new unit... cue all manner of conspiracy theories on social media. However, speaking at the Northamptonshire track, Zak Brown explained the situation. 'We need to get the current Mercedes engine,' he admitted. 'We're the only one without the new engine, which will be coming for us shortly.' Sniffing a bit of controversy, the American was asked if not having...
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