Oscar Piastri has suggested that McLaren have a “solid place to be starting from” ahead of the first race of the season after mostly “faultless” running from their car in pre-season testing, though the Australian acknowledged that the team still have room for improvement.
The reigning Teams’ champions ended the final day of the test in Bahrain with fourth place on the timesheets for Piastri, who recorded 84 laps at the wheel of the MCL39 during Friday’s afternoon session.
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Reflecting on how the team fared during the three-day test, Piastri commented: “That’s testing done. I think it was a productive three days. We tried a lot of things and learnt a lot.
“Some things felt quite good, others still need improvement but working through this is exactly what testing is for. The car ran pretty much faultlessly, which was a solid place to be starting from. We’ve got a lot to review before Melbourne, but I think we’re going into it in decent shape.”
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