McLaren feels that it is suffering as a customer team for the first time as the consequences of not being Mercedes’ works team become clearer in Formula 1’s new engine era.Lando Norris retired from the Monaco Grand Prix with an issue related to the power unit, the latest of several technical problems McLaren has endured this year.After starting the season slightly surprised by how far behind Mercedes it was in understanding how to fully exploit the performance potential of the new engines, McLaren suffered a double pre-race electrical problem in China that meant neither driver could start the grand prix there, and Norris required a new battery in Japan despite only switching to a new component at the start of th …
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Author: Scott Mitchell-Malm
