McLaren Test report, Abu Dhabi - day one

Tuesday November 6 2012Drivers             Kevin Magnussen (am)/Gary Paffett (pm)Location           Yas Marina CircuitTrack length     5.554kmLaps                 40 (Kevin)/44 (Gary)Km covered      222/244Best laptime     1m42.651s Programme      The mornings session was spent acclimatising Kevin Magnussen to his first run in a Formula 1 car. That meant a focus on a suite of gradual set-up changes, firstly to introduce Kevin to the behaviour of a grand prix car under different mechanical influences, but also to fine-tune the cars set-up to his personal preference. The team were impressed with the Danes progress and aptitude. He completed 40 laps/222km.                        Gary Paffett undertook the afternoons running, undertaking a challenging programme primarily focusing on evaluating a wide number of aerodynamic and suspension developmentseither for imminent use in the final two races, or for future development for next years car. He completed 44 laps/244km.Garys large workload also required a consistent baseline, meaning he drove without the benefit of DRS and some way below the limit in order to eliminate unwanted variables.Whats next      Gary concludes his running tomorrow morning after the team completes a number of larger mechanical changes overnight. Oliver Turvey starts a similar programme in the afternoon.Test dates        Three days (November 6-9)

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