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McLaren unable to test before 2020 season begins

McLaren Formula 1 team will be unable to test a 2018-spec car ahead of the 2020 season to help Lando Norris and Carlos Sainz Jr. prepare. Both Mercedes and Ferrari are set to hold tests prior to the season getting underway in Austria next month, but McLaren team principal Andreas Seidl has confirmed that this will not be possible for the Woking outfit. Speaking to Sky Sports F1, Seidl said that due to their impending power unit supply change from Renault to Mercedes, it is not possible for the team to run their 2018 model. 'On the drivers' side, unfortunately we don't have this possibility of having a car that is two years old and we could operate, because of all the powertrain switches we...
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