– McLaren have taken a risk by promoting young hotshot Kevin Magnussen, team principal, Martin Whitmarsh has conceded. Magnussen has been drafted in at the expense of Sergio Pérez, the Mexican cast aside after just one year with the Woking-based outfit, and while the Dane impressed and won the Formula Renault 3.5 Series title in 2013, it remains to be seen just how he will get on at the pinnacle of the sport. Furthermore, while McLaren have succeeded before with a rookie, and had no regrets after bringing in Lewis Hamilton back in 2007, the situation now is not the same. “We did it with Lewis, but how many times in your career does that happen because we could have had egg on our...
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