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McLaren: Chassis upgrade token system is ‘unfair'

McLaren principal Andreas Seidl says the team will continue to push the FIA for a resolution to the 2021 token system which they feel is 'unfair'. Next year there will be a token system in place for teams to use to upgrade their chassis. It's a way of controlling costs due to the pandemic with the new rules now delayed until 2022. But McLaren aren't happy with the loophole which allows customer teams like Racing Point and AlphaTauri, who are using 2019 Mercedes and Red Bull hardware respectively, to upgrade to the 2020 versions next year without using a token. The FIA have already stated that they will not be altering article 22.8.5.b of the technical regulations, which allows teams to...
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