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Turbo issue behind latest McLaren setback at F1 testing
McLaren Racing Director Eric Boullier has confirmed that a turbo issue was to blame for the latest setback encountered by the team. McLaren has completed the least mileage of any team during this week’s second pre-season test at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, having also suffered delays last week. Stoffel Vandoorne stopped three times on Tuesday, twice due to a loss of electrical power and once owing to a hydraulic problem, while an oil leak on Wednesday hampered Fernando Alonso, as an engine change led to a delay of over six hours. Vandoorne amassed substantial mileage on an encouraging third day of testing, but Alonso stopped on track on only his seventh lap on Friday morning....
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