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Testing woes delayed McLaren upgrades

McLaren boss Eric Boullier has confirmed that the team were forced to delay the planned upgrade in Australia because of their reliability woes in winter testing. The Woking team endured another torrid pre-season as McLaren admitted they pushed the limits too far on the new MCL33 in Barcelona. And that meant McLaren were unable to arrive to the season opener in Australia with a full implementation of their projected upgrade. 'We were obviously not prepared for Barcelona and I'm glad we fixed the reliability issues for the weekend,' McLaren racing director Boullier told Motorsport.com. 'But during the last few weeks [before the race] we spent our energy fixing the reliability...
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