Despite the circumstances that led to his promotion to a full race seat, McLaren believes that Kevin Magnussen has the weapons in his locker to make ain impact in F1. There was little doubt that the new World Series by Renault champion deserved a shot in the top flight, but McLaren had, ideally, hoped that he could do his learning elsewhere before returning to Woking in the future. However, when plans to second the Dane to a rival fell apart [ see separate story], McLaren took the radical step of cutting Sergio Perez to pair the rookie with Jenson Button for 2014. Magnussen is already gearing up for his maiden grand prix season by spending the winter preparing with his engineers, mechanics...
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