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McLaren forced to end day early again

McLaren has been forced to conclude its penultimate day of pre-season F1 testing early at the Circuit de Catalunya following an oil leak. The team had hoped to get more significant mileage under its belt after reaching a landmark 101 laps in Jenson Button's hands yesterday. However, despite a positive start to the day as Kevin Magnussen returned to the cockpit in place of the sidelined Fernando Alonso, the MP4-30 developed an oil leak early in the afternoon, forcing McLaren to close the eventually shutters for the day. Prior to the problem, Magnussen had used the soft tyres to put in McLaren's fastest lap of the winter so far with a 1min 25.225secs, but this issue represents yet another...
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