The McLaren-Honda team will see Fernando Alonso start the Bahrain Grand Prix from fourteenth on the grid on Sunday, but Jenson Button will start twentieth and last after further mechanical issues for the Briton. Alonso managed to take McLaren through to the second part of qualifying for the first time in 2015, and felt the team are continuing to make a step forward. He acknowledges there is still plenty of progress still to be found, but is hoping to break into the top ten during the race on Sunday. “This weekend has been a nice surprise so far – and the car felt better again today,” said Alonso. “We’ve made a step forward, performance-wise; everything appears to be going in the...
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