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Boullier: 'We knew we'd have problems'

McLaren will suffer the ignominy of starting from the back of the grid for the opening round of the 2015 Formula One World Championship, but if McLaren knew round one in Australia was going to be a tough weekend, did they appreciate how difficult the road ahead would be?  “Yes. With so little miles in testing we knew we’d have problems”, said McLaren racing director Eric Boullier. “We went through the systems and to run in the sessions we had to do a compromise.” That compromise was due to heat issues with the MGU-K, requiring the team to de-tune their engine to save the power unit and gain valuable data. “You remember we announced our return in 2013 and since then we’ve been...
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