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McLaren and Fernando back at it

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McLaren endured a frustrating day on Thursday as it ended the first test with just three laps completed on the final day. A coolant leak was to blame, but the team was able to recover somewhat on Friday as it carried out a filming day at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, with Fernando Alonso managing to get back out on track in the MP4-31 and run as required throughout the day.

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.