After a very disappointing result in China, McLaren came to Spain this weekend intent on better managing the balance of the MP4-29 – particularly through this circuit’s demanding high-speed corners. The team largely succeeded, although Kevin Magnussen was unable to capitalise on the improvements after suffering a mid-qualifying power-unit issue that ended his running. Jenson Button spent each session gradually refining the balance, slicing lap-time off on each run. On his sole run in Q3 (his first having been aborted owing to the red flag), he found the car understeering and wasn’t able to benefit from the final changes that had been made. Nonetheless, he’ll line up eighth for...
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