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Early end for McLaren, Sauber P1

Sauber's pre-season form continued at the Circuit de Catalunya on Thursday morning where Felipe Nasr was quickest while a faulty seal meant an early end for Jenson Button. Eager to put some laps on their new MP4-30 at the start of the second pre-season outing, Button was out on track within the first hour of testing. Showing improved reliability and pace, Button worked his way up to sixth place on the timesheets, just 0.875s off the pace, and covered 21 laps. However, running into trouble, he returned to the pits where the diagnoses was a faulty seal on the MGU-K, which meant a complete engine change. 'We had to stop running today due to a faulty seal on the MGU-K which caused an issue...
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