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McLaren needs to revise its ambitions - Boullier
Eric Boullier believes McLaren's approach to the design of its MCL33 was perhaps too conservative, and has left the team in line with its targets but short on performance. While Woking-based outfit hasn't suffered any major setbacks this season, the performance level of its 2018 car clearly trails that of its benchmark rivals, Red Bull and Renault. For Bouillier, McLaren's relative under-performance is partly rooted in the fact the team's targets were perhaps not set high enough. "The car is a match for the target, so that means maybe the target was not the right one," said the Frenchman. "So we need to revise in terms of ambition what we need to achieve. "The car is...
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