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Gallery: Alonso and McLaren kick-off Indy 500 testing

Fernando Alonso got his first taste of the new speedway universal aerokit at Texas Motor Speedway on Tuesday as he linked up with McLaren’s newly-formed IndyCar team for the first time. The Spaniard shook down the new IR18 chassis, which was built at McLaren's UK base in Woking with technical assistance from Carlin, and began reacclimatising himself with running on an oval configuration circuit. Alonso behind the wheel of the McLaren-Racing Chevrolet machine on Monday The livery reflects that of McLaren's Formula 1 car, the MCL34 Mark Donohue won the 1972 race in a McLaren M16B ran by Team Penske using the #66 Former Force India boss Bob Fernley is overseeing the project for...
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