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‘Alonso's stay dependent on competitive car'

Eric Boullier concedes Fernando Alonso will base his decision regarding 2018 on whether or not this year's MCL32 is a competitive car or not. At present McLaren appear to be facing a difficult 2017 campaign. Their Honda-powered MCL was woefully off the pace in pre-season testing with the power unit proving to be unreliable. And, unless McLaren get it right, Boullier admits it could be what determines Alonso's future with the team. 'There are always a lot of stories about this,' the McLaren Racing Director told Spanish newspaper AS. 'I think Fernando is being honest with us, just as we're being honest with him. 'He first wanted to see how the new car was, how the new regulations are. I...
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