5 Things We Learned from Day 2 of the 1st 2016 Formula 1 Pre-Season Test

No fewer than eight teams passed the 100-lap mark on Day 2 of the first 2016 Formula One pre-season test at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on Tuesday. Among them, thankfully, were McLaren-Honda, who finally appear to be making reasonable progress after enduring their worst season during 2015 in 35 years. The team's lack of competitiveness saw Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button score just 27 points over the course of last season, with the team's struggles raising concerns over the former's willingness to continue in F1. Since the end of last year, it had been thought that Alonso's first on-track appearance of 2016, and his first impressions of the new MP4-31 car, would decide his short-term future after a member of his own team suggested ...

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