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McLaren afraid of staff exits in Honda struggle

McLaren racing director Eric Boullier has said that he feared a staff exodus at the team as their struggles with Honda continued to worsen. The Woking team have spent the post-season period reflecting on their time with the Japanese manufacturer as they now go into a new partnership with Renault. Boullier knew another disastrous year was coming in 2017 after McLaren's horror show at pre-season testing, and it was at that moment he feared the very worst for the infrustructure of the team. 'I went to the management, showed them the data and told them that we cannot accept another year like this,' Boullier told the official F1 website. 'We had a tough first year with Honda, we had a tough...
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