Formula 1 Testing Day 3 – McLaren Testing
Driver – Fernando Alonso
Location – Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya
Laps – 72
Best Lap Time – 1:22.598
McLaren Testing – Programme
McLaren-Honda enjoyed a more fruitful and productive day on the track in Barcelona!
The team was able to work through a number of set-up configurations and completed various aero correlation tests using rakes and flow-vis paint.
Despite the cold start to the morning, track temperatures increased during the course of the day – enabling the team to carry out it’s scheduled run plan.
The team made the most of the dry weather conditions with Fernando Alonso clocking up 72 laps with no major issues – successfully completing it’s scheduled test programme for the day.
McLaren Testing – Fernando Alonso
Fernando Alonso – McLaren
“The most important thing we can take from today is that we were able to do many more laps than both Stoffel and I could complete on our first days in the car.“
“I’m happy that we were able to push through our plan for the day, gathering a lot of new information and learning a lot about the car – it’s all very positive for us after the issues we faced earlier in the week.“
“The car feels good and we’ve already make a lot of tweaks to the handling and the set-up of the car from the first day. So far, the car is responding well to our changes and overall, we are seeing small improvements here and there, day by day and in different areas too.“
“The team worked really hard today to make sure we completed a lot of work on our programme, we covered a lot of ground, testing different elements and working on variations – it’s definitely been a valuable day for us.“
More to follow!
The Formula 1 Girl 🙂
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