Fernando Alonso set the second fastest time on the final day of pre-season testing to end two difficult weeks for McLaren on a high. The two-time champion was 0.563 seconds slower than Kimi Raikkonen, who ensured Ferrari topped the times on both the final two days. The Finn's time was just short of team-mate Sebastian Vettel's on Thursday. McLaren still had problems - a turbo failure kept Alonso in the pits for five hours - but he managed 83 laps. It meant it was a relatively successful final day for McLaren, whose preparations for the season have been hit by a series of reliability problems throughout the eight days of running in Spain. Racing director Eric Boullier described all the...
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