McLaren report from Day 1 of testing at Circuit de Catalunya-Barcelona, Spain.
- Date: Tuesday May 12 2015
- Drive: Oliver Turvey
- Location: Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya (4.655km)
- Laps/km: 66/307km
- Best lap-time: 1:28.542s
Programme For the first of this year’s two in-season tests (the second takes place after the Austrian Grand Prix, in June), test driver Oliver Turvey got behind the wheel of MP4-30 for the first time to conduct a day of evaluative work for McLaren-Honda.
The morning’s programme was focused on aero correlation. However, the day didn’t start smoothly, and some sensor issues delayed progress until lunchtime.
In the afternoon, Oliver ran through a trouble-free suspension programme, as well as undertaking a correlation and validation programme aimed at improving our simulation work.
What’s next? Jenson takes over the reins for the second and final day of the test. He’ll be focusing on suspension geometry and aero work.
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