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McLaren's engine change caused freeze problem

Ross Brawn has said that a flexible token system needed to be created not only due to time pressures but also because of McLaren's switch to Mercedes power. As Formula 1 attempts to turn down the tap on spending in the sport, the regulations overhaul has been pushed back to 2022 and this year's cars will remain largely unchanged heading into 2021. But teams can change some frozen elements of the car via the use of a token system, a system that took on greater importance seeing as McLaren had already pre-agreed an engine switch to Mercedes next year before Formula 1 was put on hold. 'When you give somebody five years and tell them this is going to be the situation then you can be fairly...
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