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F1 2013 – McLaren: 2014 cars risk vs reward

McLaren sporting director Sam Michaels believes 2014 will be a case of risk vs reward and expects the possibility of random results and unreliability.Speaking at a Vodafone call in, Michael’s said 'When you have such a big change you will build in more margin than you would have previously. Let's say we hadn't made changes, what you'd be doing is taking an extremely well known product and chipping away at marginal gains: a bit of weight here, a bit of friction there, some packaging.''That has all gone out the window in 2014.''You'll be in one of two positions: you'll push it too hard and be unreliable, or you'll be too heavy and want to take weight out. The approach is one of risk versus...
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