Magnussen gets off to a good start with McLaren F1

McLaren had a difficult start to the week with the MP4-29, but the new car of Woking has shown a much better level of reliability since then. The British car was the most active today with 40 laps covered in the morning by Jenson Button and 52 by Kevin Magnussen the afternoon. The rookie did not take long to get his bearings since he signed provisional best time of the week with a lap completed in 1’23”276.

The reigning Formula champion Renault 3.5 Series is obviously satisfied with his day, but he nevertheless remains cautious and prefers to concentrate on the reliability of his machine. “Everything worked as expected and the car seems competitive.”, commented the Dane who will also be involved for the last day. “I’m quite satisfied with our reliability, it’s positive to have been able to do so many laps in just half a day. I don't want to talk too much about my best time. I attacked without doing too much. We just wanted to collect data and learn a little more about the car. I think I still have things to learn this week. The most important thing is to understand how to improve things, but I think we have a good idea of ​​where to go. »