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Exclusive: Brown confident Formula E issues solved after 'grave concerns'

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McLaren boss Zak Brown feels confident that battery issues that have arisen in Formula E have been solved. The sport is set to be the next premier motorsport category to enter a new era, as it introduces the all-new Gen3 cars for the 2022/23 season. So far the launch of the Gen3 car has been plagued with issues, namely with the return to the single-spec battery designed by Williams Advanced Engineering. The battery cells have been overheating, causing degradation and derating, which led to a change in design of the packaging prior to the latest test in Valencia. McLaren Chief Executive Officer, Zak Brown, spoke positively in an exclusive interview with TheFOXposts.Com about the reliability shown in the pre-season test ahead of McLaren's first season in the category. "I was pleased with testing in Valencia," said Brown. "We showed pretty good reliability and good pace. I think we're all concerned when you have new regulations come in that are with...