FORMULA ONE
McLaren delay new line-up
LONDON: McLaren will not announce their 2015 driver line-up until December, they said on Tuesday.
The Formula One team had previously said they would make the announcement before the 19th and final race in Abu Dhabi this weekend.
In order to avid distracting the race team from is primary objective...we have decided to defer our final deliberations relating to our 2015 driver line-up until a date no earlier than Monday December 1 McLaren said in a statement.
The news is eagerly awaited, not least by fans of Britain's 2009 champion Jenson Betton who want to know whether Sunday race at YES Marina is his last in Formula One.
McLaren are expected to sign double worid champion Fernando Alonso from Ferrari, with quadruple world champion Sebastian Vette set to take the Spaniard's place at Maranello after leaving Red Bull.
That will force McLaren to choose between Button, whose contract expires at the end of the season, and Danish rookie Kevin Magnussen.
Selecting the optimal driver lineup for a Formula One team is clearly an important process and it is therefore one that requires precise and prolonged analysis,Mclaren said
McLren have not won a race since 2012 and are facing another blank this year, with Mercedes chasing a record 16th win in 19 races on Sunday after securing both titles.
the woking team are switching from Mercedes to Honda power next year and ran the new engine on track for the first time last week.
We have spent the past nine months comprehensively recruiting and restructuring within our design and engineering departments, McLaaren said.
we are now only a few days away from formally commencing our exciting technical partnership with Honda and, subject to satisfactory fina bench-testing, it is currently our intention to run our interim development car, the McLaren MP4-29H/1x1,on the test days that will follow the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. REUTERS
FORMULA ONE
McLaren delay new line-up
LONDON: McLaren will not announce their 2015 driver line-up until December, they said on Tuesday.
The Formula One team had previously said they would make the announcement before the 19th and final race in Abu Dhabi this weekend.
In order to avid distracting the race team from is primary objective...we have decided to defer our final deliberations relating to our 2015 driver line-up until a date no earlier than Monday December 1 McLaren said in a statement.
The news is eagerly awaited, not least by fans of Britain's 2009 champion Jenson Betton who want to know whether Sunday race at YES Marina is his last in Formula One.
McLaren are expected to sign double worid champion Fernando Alonso from Ferrari, with quadruple world champion Sebastian Vette set to take the Spaniard's place at Maranello after leaving Red Bull.
That will force McLaren to choose between Button, whose contract expires at the end of the season, and Danish rookie Kevin Magnussen.
Selecting the optimal driver lineup for a Formula One team is clearly an important process and it is therefore one that requires precise and prolonged analysis,Mclaren said
McLren have not won a race since 2012 and are facing another blank this year, with Mercedes chasing a record 16th win in 19 races on Sunday after securing both titles.
the woking team are switching from Mercedes to Honda power next year and ran the new engine on track for the first time last week.
We have spent the past nine months comprehensively recruiting and restructuring within our design and engineering departments, McLaaren said.
we are now only a few days away from formally commencing our exciting technical partnership with Honda and, subject to satisfactory fina bench-testing, it is currently our intention to run our interim development car, the McLaren MP4-29H/1x1,on the test days that will follow the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. REUTERS
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