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When F1's partnerships go 'bang'

After three seasons of repeated blown engines and numerous Fernando Alonso radio rants, McLaren's second marriage with engine suppliers Honda has ended in divorce. They say never go back and that proved to be the case for two organisations who won four consecutive drivers' and constructors' championships together between 1988 and 1991. The 53 races since the start of the 2015 season have not brought a single podium. Well, it seemed like a good idea at the time. However, this is far from the first example of an F1 partnership going badly wrong, although quite a few of them do involve McLaren... McLaren and Peugeot - going out with a bang (too often) Martin Brundle's Peugeot engine goes boom...
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