Haug: "McLaren close to the back of the grid in Australia"
di F1 editorial teamMarch 21, 2009
World champion Lewis Hamilton and his McLaren Mercedes teammate, Heikki Kovalainen, will probably qualify "in the last third of the grid" next weekend in Australia, the first race of the 2009 Formula 1 world championship. It was Norbert Haug, head of Mercedes sporting activities, who did not hide the problems of the MP4-24 at all.
"After our results in the tests, we have to prepare for the fact that in Melbourne we could start in the last third of the grid," the German told the SID agency. "Clearly we need to improve our technical package. This process takes time and McLaren Mercedes could be competitive from the start of the European season or perhaps even later."
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