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McLaren: We pushed the limits a bit too far
Trailing Red Bull in Australia, Eric Boullier concedes over-ambition and a torrid pre-season meant McLaren are not quite where they want to be. Last year, Fernando Alonso stated several times that McLaren had one of the best chassis in F1, behind only Mercedes and Ferrari. That, though, was not the case in Melbourne. Although Alonso split the Red Bulls in the race results, his fastest lap of the grand prix was over a second slower than Daniel Ricciardo's best. ''Fighting with Red Bull' – that was last year and based on data,' Boullier said in an interview with BBC Sport. 'It is not [miming plucking something from the air]… 'Then over the winter you don't know what the others...
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