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‘Honda could be on cusp of getting it right'

Former Honda director Otmar Szafnauer has suggested McLaren could regret pulling the plug on the Japanese manufacturer if they choose to do so. Honda are on borrowed time with McLaren, but Szafnauer, who is now chief operating officer at Force India, believes that the partnership could work if the right personnel are there to help. 'What I found was that the guys who had worked in the third generation project [from the late 1990s] who had come from the second generation [1980s] had very good knowledge of F1 and what it takes,' said Szafnauer via Autosport. 'They were able to put the programme together in order to compete at the highest level. 'I remember when Takeo Kiuchi, who was [Ayrton]...
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