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  "id": 10405449,
  "title": "Why McLaren was so much slower than Mercedes on Baku's straights",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/why-mclaren-was-so-much-slower-than-mercedes-on-bakus-straights",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-28T08:24:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Motorsport.com",
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    "url": "https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/why-mclaren-was-so-much-slower-than-mercedes-on-baku-straights/10859545/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "For all the talk of rivals catching Mercedes, which has held fire on its more significant upgrades until next weekend's Formula 1 Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia, the Brackley team has been able to weather the storm by excelling on some of the most power sensitive circuits like Monza and Baku, vindicating its patience. But while Mercedes' dominant power unit package helps explain its gap to ...…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Motorsport.com",
        "title": "How McLaren’s major F1 upgrade has been working in Baku",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/26/how-mclarens-major-f1-upgrade-has-been-working-in-baku",
        "published": "2026-09-26T09:20:02.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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