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Power problem as McLaren make poor start to F1 testing
Jenson Button is far away from knowing the true potential of the new McLaren car after power unit problems blighted the first two days of pre-season testing. Button and his new teammate Fernando Alonso managed only six laps each. By comparison, Mercedes completed 248 laps over two days and Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel clocked 89 laps as he again posted the best time Monday. McLaren has switched to Honda engines - rekindling the highly successful partnership of the late 1980s and 1990s - but Button expects a tough challenge leading up to the season-opener in Australia on March 15. "Hopefully we'll get to the first race and we'll be competitive but we don't know where we stand right...
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