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'We need to make a lot more progress' - Whitmarsh
McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh says his team's performance is still not good enough despite signs of recovery at the last two races. At the first race of the season the MP4-28 was over 1.5s off the pace and Jenson Button was only able to salvage two points from the weekend with a ninth-place finish. In Malaysia there were the first signs of improvements before Button finished fifth in China and Sergio Perez took sixth in Bahrain. After struggling for performance during practice and qualifying last weekend in Bahrain, McLaren's race pace surpassed expectations but Whitmarsh said it was still not good enough. "It was a little bit stronger but we are still not there," he...
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