We sat down with NEOM McLaren’s Jake Hughes and new signing Sam Bird for a chat in Valencia, on all things McLaren, Season 9 thoughts, Season 10 hopes and expectations and how the fresh pairing can get the best out of one-another and their car. Jake, you’re fresh out of your rookie season and Sam, you’ve been there and done it in Formula E. Good combo?. I want us to improve this year and McLaren to be further up the grid still for Season 11. Jake: Sam knows what he’s doing in Formula E, obviously. Sam needs to come at it from his own side of things and he’s got a lot he can teach us as a team, myself included. A perfect start to the year would be both cars scoring in Mexico and competing to get the season up and running. Jake: As I said, what Sam doesn’t know about Formula E isn’t worth knowing.

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