The good news is that Lando Norris topped the timesheets in Barcelona today as the second week of testing got underway. The bad news isn't so much that he did it on the softer C4 rubber, but that he bookended the days with stoppages that brought out the red flags. The first, the result of a hydraulics pressure issue, came just over two hours into the session, while the second came around twenty-five minutes before 'close of play'. So, while the MCL34 has pace, it's clear that reliability remains an issue for the Woking team. Then again, if it was a bittersweet day for McLaren, the same can be said for title rivals Mercedes and Ferrari also. Having opted to follow Mercedes example and split...
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