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Exclusive Q&A - Whitmarsh on McLaren's annus horriblis

This time last year McLaren had one of, if not the quickest car on the grid. Twelve months on and team principal Martin Whitmarsh is powerless to prevent an almost unthinkable fifth-place finish in the constructors’ championship. Ahead of the 2013 season finale in Brazil, we caught up with Whitmarsh to discuss what went wrong, why Perez had to go, and why his replacement Kevin Magnussen could just be the next Lewis Hamilton…Q: Martin, the Queen would call it an annus horribilis. What do you call 2013?Martin Whitmarsh: Hopefully a very forgettable year. (laughs) I will try and forget it. But it is not over yet. We are racers. There is the chance of rain tomorrow and dry for...
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