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Engine change forced McLaren into late-2020 updates
Well aware that McLaren would need to use its 2021 development tokens to fit a new engine, the team made a late-season development push last year says Andreas Seidl. This year's Formula 1 cars will look a lot like last year's, although there will be some minor tweaks. In order to cut costs in the midst of the pandemic, last year the teams voted to run last year's cars in this year's championship with the teams all given a little leeway to develop their cars. But while rivals have been able to use theirs to improve their cars, McLaren's tokens have largely gone on redesigning the car to fit a new engine after the team decided to drop Renault in favour of Mercedes power. Knowing this would...
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