15 Mar 2015

Nightmare weekend in Oz for McLaren

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<b>POOR START IN MELBOURNE:</b> McLaren's Jenson Button finished the 2015 Australian GP in 11th place. <i>Image: AP / Ross Land</i>

MELBOURNE, Australia - McLaren believed it made progress despite a disappointing 2015 Australian Grand Prix in which Jenson Button didn't manage to score points and team mate Kevin Magnussen failed to start.

McLaren-Honda race director Eric Boullier said: "After a tremendously difficult weekend, it's not easy to find positives, but in fact there are some."

Boullier said the fact that Button was able to finish - albeit last of the 11 finishers and out of the points - helped give the team useful data in completing 56 race laps.

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