As pre-season winter testing has come to an end, McLaren looks back on a troubled 12 days, admitting the team will face a difficult start to the season.
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If someone said to me that you can have three wishes, my first would have been to get into racing, my second to be in Formula 1, my third to drive for Ferrari.
If someone said to me that you can have three wishes, my first would have been to get into racing, my second to be in Formula 1, my third to drive for Ferrari.
"We will arrive in Australia hoping that it was in June or July, but it is not, it is in March," Alonso said. "I don't know if we will arrive ready but we will arrive in the best condition we can."
So it looks McL far behind others. They should consider this season as test.
On to something more interesting, speed trap figures from Autosport.
Sauber - 334.3 km/h (Nasr, day 1)
Lotus - 331.2 km/h (Maldonado, day 1)
Force India - 330.2 km/h (Perez, day 1)
Williams - 330.2 km/h (Massa, day 2)
Mercedes - 327.2 km/h (Hamilton, day 2)
Ferrari - 325.3 km/h (Raikkonen, both days)
Toro Rosso - 324.4 km/h (Sainz, day 2)
Red Bull - 322.3 km/h (Ricciardo, day 2)
McLaren - 313 km/h (Alonso, day 2)
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Consistent 10 lap run last time out from Ferrari:
started with 1:26.4, remained mostly around 1:27.3 - 1:27.5 and ended with a 1:27.7
Looks like a pretty decent 10 lap sample from a 3/4 - 1/2 tank run.
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