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Alonso quickest on first day of Silverstone test

Much like last weekend, it was the typical British summer which ruled, rain in the afternoon meaning that some teams opted not to run, others tried a few brief laps and others treated it as 'business as usual'. Unfortunately, Pirelli, which had Pascal Wehrlein on hand in a 2014 Mercedes W05 to try its 2017 tyres didn't have any prototype wets leaving the German free to play backgammon for much of the afternoon. The changeable weather meant McLaren, in particular, could take advantage of testing different set-ups and both dry and wet-weather tyre compounds while working through its programme. Today's run plan focus was on correlation of aero components, and verification of recent upgrades...
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