McLaren is taking the 90 minute trip from its Woking headquarters on Friday to Silverstone, where the new works Honda era will begin.<\/p>\n
A source at the British team told us this week that a decision about whether to take an interim 2014 car fitted with the Japanese carmaker’s all-new turbo V6 engine to Abu Dhabi has “not yet” been taken.<\/p>\n
The source was speaking after team boss Eric Boullier told a Spanish newspaper in Brazil: “We will take the decision in ten days but it (the debut) could be in Abu Dhabi.<\/p>\n
“If we are not ready then we go to plan B or C,” the Frenchman added.<\/p>\n
Boullier was referring to the post-race Abu Dhabi test, set to take place in the days immediately after next weekend’s season finale, where it was expected the ‘MP4-29H’ would get its proper track debut.<\/p>\n
It appears that ‘plan A’ is indeed on track, with McLaren announcing on Thursday that it is “getting set for Silverstone tomorrow for a filming day”.<\/p>\n
“We’ll be parading the interim Honda-engined MP4-29\/1X1 and 2 classic McLaren-Hondas,” the team added on Twitter.<\/p>\n
A number of filming days per team are exempt from F1’s testing ban, so long as the cars are running only uncompetitive promotional tyres.<\/p>\n
It is likely that Friday’s debut for the MP4-29H will be treated as a systems check for Abu Dhabi.<\/p>\n
McLaren said testers Oliver Turvey and Stoffel Vandoorne will be doing the driving.<\/p>\n
Germany’s Auto Motor und Sport said spectators and photographers will not be allowed to attend.<\/p>\n
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