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McLaren: We have made a big step forwards

McLaren-Honda will start from 17th (Jenson Button) and 18th (Fernando Alonso) on the grid for tomorrow’s Malaysian Grand Prix. Both drivers did two runs apiece in the opening Q1 session. Jenson continued to shave tenths off his lap-times throughout the session, eventually finishing with a 1m41.636s best. By contrast, Fernando proved immediately quick, setting his fastest time of the session on his first flying lap, but failing to improve after fitting fresh tyres and having another go. Despite qualifying in the same positions as in Australia, our pace relative to the front-runners has improved: in Melbourne, our cars were 2.790s off the fastest Q1 time (103.2%); here, they were 2.262s...
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