(McLaren Honda)
McLaren Honda’s Jenson Button believes that the team will
struggle this weekend due to the extremely high temperatures expected at the
Sepang circuit.
The outfit began their partnership in Australia two weeks
ago under difficult circumstances with Fernando Alonso missing the opening race
due to the concussion he suffered during a testing accident at the Barcelona
Circuit de Catalunya.
McLaren Test and Reserve driver Kevin Magnussen drove in
place of Fernando Alonso but the Dane failed to finish the race. Jenson Button
however completed McLaren’s first full race distance and ended the race in
eleventh place albeit two laps down.
Button believes that the race in Malaysia
will be tricky for the Woking based outfit as they continue to learn about the
new MP4-30 and the Honda power unit.
The 2009 world champion believes that it will be interesting
to see how the car behaves in the weather conditions as it something that they
have not experienced with the new chassis.
Fernando Alonso is set to return for the Woking based outfit
this weekend but must first pass a final medical check with the FIA on Thursday.
Racing Director Eric Boullier believes that the team will
face an even bigger challenge in Malaysia compared to the one they faced in
Australian due to completely different characteristics of the two circuits.
The Frenchman believes the extreme heat and humidity in
Malaysia will be a huge challenge for the team in relation to finding the right
balance for the car.
© Ben Johnston 2015
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