Dec.21 Carlos Sainz says he would be happy if his mentor and countryman Fernando Alonso tests the 2019 McLaren next year. Zak Brown, the McLaren boss, has said Alonso is welcome to be a team tester and advisor even though he has retired from formula one. "I would not mind if the driver who knows the cars best from recent years tests the car," Spaniard Sainz told Spanish publications this week. "It would be positive for the team, and that's why it's being considered," he said. 2018 was a major low-point for McLaren, the once-great British team that had expected a strong recovery with Renault power after three disastrous years with Honda. "Perhaps they thought they...
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