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Eric Boullier: McLaren had higher expectations for first test

McLaren’s racing director Eric Boullier says the team had higher expectations for the first pre-season test of the 2017 Formula 1 season. The MCL32, featuring a striking new orange and black livery, hit the track for the first time at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya for testing, which took place from Monday to Thursday. But McLaren suffered a number of issues with Honda’s new power unit during the opening two days and the second half of the test did not go completely to plan either. Despite completing more running on the final two days, McLaren missed out on completing a lot of laps and Boullier admitted the team had higher hopes for Barcelona. “It is still early...
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