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McLaren cancelled Christmas to prepare new car
McLaren has revealed that it forced staff to work through Christmas and New Year to meet the FIA crash tests with its MP4-31. With the calendar seeing the Australian Grand Prix move forward by three weeks from the provisionally planned April start to March 20, McLaren elected to cancel staff leave in order to meet the new schedule. About 110 employees were involved and offered a ‘competitive Christmas package’ where McLaren ordered eight shifts of work over a five-day period. 'Our entire build program wasn't lined up for that,” McLaren operations director Simon Roberts disclosed on the team website. 'So we knew we had a problem to solve. In terms of our design and engineering...
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