02-03-2018, 23:20
http://www.planetf1.com/news/conclusions...nter-test/
Testing has not been as catastrophic as it was last year for McLaren, but there are still signs they are not completely in the clear just yet.
A loose wheel nut restricted Fernando Alonso to just 10 laps on the first morning in Barcelona, while Stoffel Vandoorne’s running on day two was affected by a broken exhaust clip.
Even though those two incidents kept McLaren bottom of the mileage charts, at least neither of them were as terminal as the problems experienced with the Honda power unit.
The recovery since then has been a very encouraging one. Alonso got McLaren off the bottom of the mileage standings with his 11 laps in horrendous conditions on day three, removing one negative tag, and Vandoorne put in a monster of a day on Thursday with 110 laps before giving the car back to Alonso for another 51 laps.
No other teams completed more laps than McLaren on day four of the first test. Let’s just hope the early issues were nothing more than a couple of little gremlins still left in the system.
Testing has not been as catastrophic as it was last year for McLaren, but there are still signs they are not completely in the clear just yet.
A loose wheel nut restricted Fernando Alonso to just 10 laps on the first morning in Barcelona, while Stoffel Vandoorne’s running on day two was affected by a broken exhaust clip.
Even though those two incidents kept McLaren bottom of the mileage charts, at least neither of them were as terminal as the problems experienced with the Honda power unit.
The recovery since then has been a very encouraging one. Alonso got McLaren off the bottom of the mileage standings with his 11 laps in horrendous conditions on day three, removing one negative tag, and Vandoorne put in a monster of a day on Thursday with 110 laps before giving the car back to Alonso for another 51 laps.
No other teams completed more laps than McLaren on day four of the first test. Let’s just hope the early issues were nothing more than a couple of little gremlins still left in the system.
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