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Szafnauer: 'Stressful' 2018 season compromised from the start
Racing Point Force India team principal Otmar Szafnauer has revealed just how badly the team's 2018 season was affected by the growing financial crisis that eventually led to the business being placed into administration in July. Even before the start of the season in March, the squad was having to use outdated parts from the previous year at race weekends, because it lacked the funds needed to complete the development of the VJM-11. "We didn't start this season with the car we wanted to because we didn't have the funding to produce the parts," Szafnauer told Tom Clarkson in an interview for the official F1 podcast Beyond The Grid, presented by Bose this month. He said that the...
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