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McLaren anticipating widespread reliability issues

McLaren Mercedes McLaren sporting director Sam Michael believes that drivers will just need to finish the races early on in the year to score points. Many teams and drivers are anticipating widespread reliability issues as Formula 1 enters a new era with 1.6 litre v6 power units. "In the early races there’s no doubt there’s going to be significant reliability issues up and down the grid," said Michael. "We’ve already seen the start of that in dyno programmes, we’ll see that again in testing." "To be honest if you finish in the first few races you’re going to have a very high chance of scoring points. How long that continues during the year will be a race,...
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