Last year McLaren convinced themselves and anyone who would listen that their chassis was the best on the grid, according to them only their below-par Honda engines prevented a higher level of performance and as a ‘remedy' the team's management decided to ditch the Japanese manufacturer for customer Renault power. As the solo Honda-powered team it was impossible to verify McLaren's claims which they concocted from GPS data captured at races last year. This season they have Red Bull and Renault teams as benchmarks to compare themselves to and right now what we see does not compute with McLaren's claims and expectations. Afterall this is the team that brazenly declared they were...
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