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Friday, March 18, 2011

Alonso: McLaren MP4-26 will be Competitive


Madrid - MP4-26 a mainstay of McLaren next season has not shown "fangs" in the pre-season test session. However, former team mate Fernando Alonso believes it will be able to show off in the race later.

In a number of testing sessions are conducted before the racing season 2011, the MP4-26 still reap the discontent of the riders. As a result, competitiveness McLaren next season even questioned.

However, Alonso McLaren defended ever season in the 2007 season and then evaluate the test results do not depict actual strength of the MP4-26.

"They are better than it seems. Testing winter does not describe anything,"said Alonso on ESPN F1, citing El Pais.

Basing his own statement from McLaren who expect more performance out of the MP4-26, Alonso also thinks that the potential for a new car is actually really be reflected in the inaugural series in Australia later.

"They say expect more, so maybe they will perform better (in Australia). When we got there, we'll see how."

"McLaren will not fight to target the top ten, but the podium,"said world champion in 2005 and 2006 that Ferrari are now defending.

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