Fernando Alonso Surprised With Mclaren S Race Pace
McLaren arrived at Sepang on the back foot, after finishing two laps down at the previous race in Australia. However, after engine partners Honda turned up the power, the McLarens were able to fight with some of the teams in the midfield, to the surprise of Fernando Alonso. “This whole weekend has been better than I expected,’’ said the two-time world champion. “The main positive to take away from today is the fact that we were able to run with other cars – Jenson and I weren’t simply fighting with each other....