As we tweeted earlier, when McLaren hinted that it was looking for a retro look this year, we didn't envisage that the Woking outfit meant emulating the nightmare that was 2015. Yet at times today that appeared to be the case. Having been sidelined for much of the morning with an oil system issue that resulted in Honda changing the engine in his car, heading out shortly after the lunchbreak the partisan crowd began jeering when the Spaniard coasted into the pits after completing a further lap. By the end of the day the two-time world champion had completed a total of 29 laps and posted a best time 3s off the pace of the front runners. While the post-session press release played down...
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