Hugo Boss and McLaren going separate ways Eric Boullier has played down McLaren's sponsorship situation, despite a long time partner deciding to invest elsewhere and in this instance further up the grid. Already without a title sponsor in the wake of Vodafone's exit, the British team is in a two-year competitive slump and it now emerges that a long-time backer is departing. Hugo Boss, a German fashion house that has sponsored McLaren for decades, is switching its sponsorship to Mercedes. But Boullier, McLaren team boss, denied the Woking based squad is facing a financial problem. 'No, we have thirty two sponsors,' he is quoted by Italiaracing, 'even though you don't see them all on the...
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