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Filming day

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McLaren took the MP4-30 to Barcelona early this week in order to carry out filming at the Circuit de Catalunya. The main purpose of a filming day is to get rights-free footage of a current F1 car on track, but they come in very handy when you also want to get extra mileage with a new power unit. The team will continue filming the drivers on Tuesday, but the MP4-30 isn't set to run again until the start of the second test on Thursday.

Andrew Lewin

Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.