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McLaren explains Alonso Friday F1 test issue
McLaren has confirmed the issue that forced Fernando Alonso to park up after just one hour of running on the final day of Formula 1 pre-season testing in Barcelona on Friday. Following a difficult week that saw Alonso lose the majority of his running on Wednesday to an oil leak, McLaren hoped to recover some of the lost time on Friday with the Spaniard behind the wheel ahead of the season-opener in Australia on March 25. However, Alonso's car came to a halt on only his seventh lap of the day, forcing him to park up at Turn 7 and the session to be stopped as he awaited recovery. Asked by Crash.net about the issue, McLaren racing director Eric Boullier confirmed that a turbo problem had...
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