21 May, 2013 Paddy Lowe with Sam Michael and Martin Whitmarsh McLaren played down reports linking its new Honda engine deal with Paddy Lowe's early release to Mercedes. British broadcaster James Allen claimed McLaren's decision to drop Mercedes as its engine supplier after 2014, paving the way for Honda, gave Mercedes 'a bargaining chip' to end former technical director Lowe's ‘gardening leave'. On his Formula 1 blog, Allen said Mercedes is 'very unhappy' about the turbo V6 data that could flow to Honda next year, 'so it appears they have leveraged this situation to trigger the early release of Lowe'. But McLaren boss Martin Whitmarsh on Tuesday told reporters releasing Lowe six...
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