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McLaren forced to ‘strip down’ MCL40 to chase fuel fault
©McLaren Phillip van Osten
30/01/2026 at 10:1130/01/2026 at 10:55 40 SHARES Share on.. Share on.. Share on.. After Lando Norris debuted McLaren’s new car on Wednesday in Barcelona, the baton was passed to Oscar Piastri, but the Australian's first taste of the new era was cut short by a stubborn ghost in the machine. What began as a promising morning of data gathering ended with the MCL40 being dismantled behind closed doors. By noon, Piastri had 48 laps under his belt, but he would not turn another wheel for the rest of the day as engineers worked frantically to diagnose a critical failure. The culprit was eventually identified as a fuel system malfunction, but in the hyper-complex...
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