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Fuel appetite impacted McLaren-Honda pace - Boullier
©WRI2 McLaren's Eric Boullier says that the necessity to save fuel cost Fernando Alonso up to 50 seconds in last Sunday's Russian GP. While the Frenchman was happy with both his drivers' reliable run in Sochi, and Alonso's sixth place finish and subsequent points, fuel saving constraints remain an issue at McLaren-Honda. "We're relieved and happy for the guys back at the factory because everyone is pushing very very hard," Boullier said. "In terms of the race, we had to save a lot of fuel but Fernando had a couple of laps at the end when he stopped saving fuel. You could see the pace difference was then massive. "So without fuel saving we'd save another 50s which we...
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