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New McLaren-Honda is '50 percent behind' its plan

Reliability issues continue to hamper development, but drivers seem happy with MP4-30. McLaren racing director Eric Boullier has admitted that the development plan of its 2015 Honda-powered Formula One car is '50 percent behind' where he planned it would be. At the halfway point of pre-season testing, teething problems with Honda's brand new V6 power unit and hybrid ancillaries has seriously affected its capability to run for anything other than a few laps at a time. "We did maybe 50 percent of what we wanted to do," said Boullier of the testing programme so far. "We have 12 days to get ready, so if we miss half then we won't be ready 100 per cent. So our development – in...
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