Fernando Alonso made a troubled start to testing McLaren's new Formula One car in Spain on Sunday while champions Mercedes pounded out the laps and Sebastian Vettel went fastest for Ferrari. Spaniard Alonso, who has moved from Ferrari at the start of a new Honda-powered era for McLaren, completed just six laps on the first day of testing at the Jerez circuit. He ended last on the timesheets and 18 seconds slower than four times champion Vettel, who completed 60 laps in his first official outing for Ferrari after joining from Red Bull. Alonso said, however, that the day had been much as expected. "Obviously it was a slow start, as we knew it would be," said the double world...
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