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'Fernando is always interested in what McLaren is doing,' Brown said. Alonso would likely have an option to drive that entry. Its return to Indy last year was as a stand-alone team, but McLaren was ill-prepared and Alonso missed the race.ДЄlonso is not interested in a full-time Indењњar ride in 2020, but Brown has indicated the new team will field a third car for the Indianapolis 500. McLaren partnered with Andretti Autosport in 2017 on an Indy 500 effort for Alonso but took the next season off. McLaren is coming off a spectacular embarrassment in which it failed to qualify for the Indianapolis 500 in May with celebrated two-time Formula One champion Fernando Alonso.

'We acknowledge the challenge ahead of us but McLaren is committed to this partnership and to supporting the team as a whole.' 'Our ambition, over time, is to consistently compete for wins and championships. 'Indењњar is a natural fit for McLaren, given our legacy and determination to succeed at the top levels of international motorsport,' said de Ferran, a former Indy 500 winner. Gil de Ferran, the sporting director for McLaren Racing, will lead the Indењњar effort for McLaren independently from the Formula One effort. The combined technical resources and commercial opportunities both McLaren and Arrow bring to the table provide a winning combination.' 'Arrow is a tremendous partner which has been integral to our growth as a team since 2015 and to the creation of this new partnership. 'I'm extremely proud of the team that Ric and I have built and that a legendary brand like McLaren Racing has decided to partner with us,' Schmidt said. HPD has the utmost confidence in the strength and commitment of its remaining partner teams.'ДЄrrow Electronics will remain the team's title partner and team co-founders Sam Schmidt and Ric Peterson will continue in their current leadership roles. Honda Performance Development said in a statement Friday 'although we regret that this (Schmidt) partnership will be coming to an end. But McLaren had an ugly split in Formula One with Honda and the engine maker is not willing to work with the team at this point. Schmidt also won two Indianapolis 500 poles with Honda power. Schmidt has been a Honda team since 2010 and all seven of Schmidt's Indењњar victories were powered by the automaker. Hinchcliffe drove for Chevrolet in 20 when he was part of the Andretti Autosport lineup. But that is secondary right now to this exciting news.' They are another company that has done so much for me and when the time is right, a discussion to what that means for my partnership with them and HondaCanada will need to occur. 'It is rather unfortunate what this means for our relationship with Honda. 'To be able to drive for that name is a dream come true. 'My love for motorsports started on those weekends watching F1 races with my dad and McLaren was a huge part of that,' the Canadian posted.

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Hinchcliffe later indicated on social media that he will be a Chevrolet driver next season and stay with the new team. 'From our point of view, we are very happy to continue to have Hinch and that's kind of the state of play.' 'Hinch is under contract and we think he's an excellent racing driver who has won lots of races and he does have big ties to Honda,' Brown said. Brown said Ericsson is under a one-year contract that will be reviewed, but Brown answered 'yes' when asked by The Associated Press specifically if Hinchcliffe is expected to drive for the team next year. The team currently fields cars for James Hinchcliffe and Marcus Ericsson, and Hinchcliffe is a longtime Honda ambassador and star of ads for the automaker in North America. 'At our core, we at McLaren are racers and where there's competition that puts us to the test, we will race.'

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'We come to Indењњar in full respect of the sport, our competitors, the fans and the task ahead.

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'Indењњar has been part of McLaren since our early years of racing, and the series today provides not only a commercial platform to continue to grow our brand in North America, but competition with some of the best teams in international motorsport,' said Zak Brown, CEO of McLaren Racing.