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More issues cost McLaren track time on final Jerez day

The final day of the first pre-season test at Jerez brought McLaren-Honda yet more problems, with Jenson Button being restricted to just 35 laps and consigned to the bottom of the timing screens. The morning running was delayed with what the team declared as an ‘operational issue related to the oil levels’, before seeing his afternoon running ended prematurely with a fuel pump issue. Despite this, Button was able to set the quickest time the team had seen all week, but ultimately this still left them over six seconds slower than the ultimate pace. McLaren’s Engineering Director Matt Morris knew that issues would arise during the four-day test in Spain, but insisted that the ultimate...
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