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McLaren sure of improvements after dismal Austrian GP

McLaren Honda suffered another difficult weekend in Austria where both its cars were out of the race by lap 8. With Alonso eliminated by Raikkonen on lap one, Jenson Button did few more laps before a sensor failure forced him to retire his car. McLaren was looking forward to the Austrian Grand Prix, set to make it a test session as it had fitted both cars with a new engine after Friday's running. Both cars were differently set up, with only Alonso having the new shorter nose on his car, but in the end the team failed to gather the data it had hoped for. Fernando retired on lap one after Kimi Raikkonen lost control of his Ferrari ahead of him, at the exit of Turn Two. The collision resulted...
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