McLaren endured a very difficult test at Abu Dhabi, one that was set to see the glorious public debut of the first Honda powered Formula One car in nearly ten years. While it was a historic test for both McLaren and Honda, including the first proper run for the interim MP4-29H/1X1, the team failed to live up to expectations as it failed to complete its planned system checks due to electrical problems. On Tuesday, the team's interim car, specifically developed to test Honda’s new V6 turbo engine hit an electronics issue that meant the car spent the morning in the garage, but it broke cover soon after lunch. Test and development driver Stoffel Vandoorne completed 4 exploratory installation...
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