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Test 'not good enough' but McLaren learns from issues

Getty Images Enlarge McLaren racing director Eric Boullier admits his team's struggle to get its new Honda power unit up and running in Abu Dhabi was "not good enough", but said there were some positives to draw from the two day test. Over 18 hours of track time, McLaren successfully completed three laps and came up short on two more due to on-track issues. The team's main problems were electrical and on its final attempt on Wednesday afternoon the car came to halt on the first lap of a four-lap run. "It was still an electrical issue," Boullier said. "We fixed a couple of them overnight and today and on the first installation lap the car ran quite well and with no...
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