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<b>RUSSIAN AROUND:</b> A still camouflage-printed Daniil Kvyat at speed in his Red Bull during  2015 Formula 1 testing at the Catalunya racetrack in Montmelo, Spain, on February 26, 2015. <i>Image: AP / Manu Fernandez</i>
<b>RUSSIAN AROUND:</b> A still camouflage-printed Daniil Kvyat at speed in his Red Bull during 2015 Formula 1 testing at the Catalunya racetrack in Montmelo, Spain, on February 26, 2015. <i>Image: AP / Manu Fernandez</i>

BARCELONA, Spain - Jenson Button completed only one timed lap as misfiring McLaren's hopes of picking up speed in Formula 1's final pre-season test stalled before lunch on Thursday (Feb 26 2015).

Racing director Eric Bouillier had said the previous weekend, after Fernando Alonso crashed and was helicoptered to hospital, that the team would be "pushing harder than ever" at the Catalunya circuit north of here.

Pushing the troubled McLaren back into the garage turned out to be closer to the truth, though it was not what the Frenchman had in mind.

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