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<b>FINDING FAULT:</b> Fernando Alonso of Spain drives one of the 2015 McLaren Honda cars. A power-unit seal failed during testing in Spain on Thursday (Feb 19 2015). <i>Image: AP / Miguel Morenatti</i>d
<b>FINDING FAULT:</b> Fernando Alonso of Spain drives one of the 2015 McLaren Honda cars. A power-unit seal failed during testing in Spain on Thursday (Feb 19 2015). <i>Image: AP / Miguel Morenatti</i>d

BARCELONA, Spain - McLaren-Honda's troubled pre-season continued on Thursday (Feb 19 2015) as the second winter test session got under way near the Mediterranean port of Barcelona.

At lunch on Day 1 at the Circuit de Catalunya Jenson Button's work at the wheel of an MP4-30 was over when a faulty seal was found in a component of the Honda power unit's energy recovery system.

McLaren confirmed that mean "the full replacement of the power unit".

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