McLaren's big push ends back in the garage


McLaren Formula One racing driver Jenson Button of Britain drives his car during pre-season testing at the Jerez racetrack in southern Spain February 4, 2015. REUTERS/Marcelo del Pozo

BARCELONA (Reuters) - Jenson Button completed just one timed lap as misfiring McLaren's hopes of picking up speed in Formula One's final pre-season test stalled before lunchtime on Thursday.

Racing director Eric Bouillier had said last weekend, after Fernando Alonso crashed and was airlifted to hospital, that the team would be "pushing harder than ever" at the Circuit de Catalunya.

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