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Tactical approach to grid penalties boosts McLaren chances
McLaren's Eric Boullier believes the team's strategy of piling on the grid penalties to ensure itself a favorable end-of-season run paid off in Brazil. With both Interlagos and Abu Dhabi identified as venues better suited to the McLaren-Honda package, the Woking-based outfit optimized its engine pool by taking penalties at the preceding races. Fernando Alonso changed power units between Friday and Saturday, but without enduring a grid drop. He qualified P6 and ran consistently in the top ten on Sunday, ultimately finishing seventh. Vandoorne says he's measured up well to Alonso "We obviously took a lot of energy penalties before to try to protect Brazil and Abu Dhabi," Boullier...
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