Compared with fellow grandees Red Bull and Ferrari, McLaren’s pre-season is not running as smoothly.<\/p>\n
After finding out that Mark Webber had done nearly 140 laps on Sunday in the new title-defending RB7, Lewis Hamilton described the feat as “crazy”.<\/p>\n
“I can only laugh,” he is quoted by Auto Motor und Sport.\u00a0 “That’s unbelievable.\u00a0 They’re doing a really good job.”<\/p>\n
McLaren’s radical MP4-26 joined the winter circus one test late and its ultimate performance is not yet clear.<\/p>\n
“We urgently need to do a race simulation,” the 2008 world champion is quoted as saying by O Estado de S.Paulo.<\/p>\n
When asked how he feels about his new car, Hamilton answered: “It’s ok, we are making progress.\u00a0 There’s still a lot to come.”<\/p>\n
Jenson Button told The Sun: “I think it’s unfair to judge us at this point because the amount of laps we have done is not massive.<\/p>\n
“We really need some good days of running to really unlock this car.”<\/p>\n
France’s autohebdo.fr quotes the 2009 world champion adding: “It seems like our base is good, but nobody will have a clear idea of where he stands until the first qualifying.”<\/p>\n
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