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McLaren: Honda woes prevented new sponsors

McLaren boss Zak Brown has conceded that their former engine suppliers Honda did stop the team from attracting new sponsorship deals. McLaren and Honda have now gone their separate ways after a very difficult three-year period which was riddled with reliability and performance issues. The regular grid penalties and DNFs took its toll on McLaren, but Brown has confirmed that it has stopped the team developing from a commercial perspective as well. 'Fortunately, I have experience in this area but I knew that during the season, you wouldn't find any new partners when you have the problems we had,' Brown told Auto Motor und Sport. 'We could not sell to potential sponsors the story that things...
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