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McLaren: Of course it’s frustrating

Despite a positive start to the day and some productive initial running at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Fernando Alonso’s programme was brought to a halt on track just after 11:00am, when the team detected an oil leak. Given the location of the leak and the time-consuming process required to identify and fix it in-situ, the team opted to swap the power unit so that the problem could be repaired outside the car. Fernando returned to the track just after 17:00hrs for a further 10 laps before the chequered flag, as well as practice launches and start procedures. Fernando completed 57 laps in total and set the sixth-fastest time of the day. Fernando Alonso: “Of course, the programme we...
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