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Comfortable start for McLaren in Brazil

Comfortable start for McLaren in Brazil

19 October 2007 / Results / Photos

The McLaren team ended the first day at Interlagos as the fastest ones on track.. Lewis Hamilton completed 27 laps and set a best time of 1.12.767; Fernando Alonso's fastest time was 1.12.889 having completed 28 laps

Speaking about his first outing at Interlagos Hamilton said: "I enjoyed finally getting out on this amazing track, it was just a shame that the conditions were not great this morning, and we couldn't really do as much running as we would have preferred. However, it was good to get a feel for the track, and we made reasonable progress on the set-up work and tyre comparison despite the cold conditions."

Fernando Alonso said about his day: "The session this afternoon was far better than this morning. We did not expect it to stay wet for the rest of the weekend so took the decision not to do any running in the morning as we wouldn't achieve any conclusive results on set-up and tyre comparison work. Also there is a new track surface here and as a result it was very slippery. However by this afternoon the track had dried out, and it was clear that the conditions were improving. I am looking forward to a competitive weekend."


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