McLaren Racing Director Eric Boullier has emphasised that the team has no doubts that it will have engine parity with Renault’s factory team in Formula 1 next season. McLaren, following two decades with Mercedes, reunited with Honda in 2015, but the partnership was dogged by a lack of reliability and performance, accentuated by the marque’s move to a revised concept in 2017. McLaren’s patience ran out and the company opted to split with Honda, instead signing a three-year deal to be supplied by Renault, in a straight swap with Toro Rosso. Renault will consequently supply its own team, which finished sixth in the 2017 standings, Red Bull and McLaren, but Boullier insists...
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