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British motorsport magazine Autosport Thursday reports that McLaren Formula 1 team may try to run again its MP4-29H/1X1 before the first official test session of 2015.
McLaren test driver Stoffel Vandoorne managed to complete only five installation laps during the last in-season test in Abu Dhabi Tuesday and Wednesday.
The interim car, a 2014 MP4-29 chassis mated to the new Honda 1.6-litre turbo hybrid engine, suffered a series of disturbing electrical gremlins.
The British team will thoroughly investigate the issue back at the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking.
However, Eric Boullier, McLaren's director of racing, told Autosport that he did not rule out using another filming day to run the car before the first test of next season, if Honda cannot solve all the glitches on a test bench.
When asked whether the McLaren-Honda would run again before the first 2015 test in Jerez, Boullier replied: "Not now, but maybe. We will see after the investigation and running on the dyno and correcting all these issues.
"We brought the basic technical layout of our engine here. It didn't work - but a lot of it can be solved on a dyno.
"I'm not talking about driveability or pure performance - for that we need a car on-track - but we can make sure all the systems are working on a dyno before Jerez,” the French engineer explained.
McLaren test driver Stoffel Vandoorne managed to complete only five installation laps during the last in-season test in Abu Dhabi Tuesday and Wednesday.
The interim car, a 2014 MP4-29 chassis mated to the new Honda 1.6-litre turbo hybrid engine, suffered a series of disturbing electrical gremlins.
The British team will thoroughly investigate the issue back at the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking.
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| Stoffel Vandoorne, McLaren-Honda. (Photo: WRi2) |
However, Eric Boullier, McLaren's director of racing, told Autosport that he did not rule out using another filming day to run the car before the first test of next season, if Honda cannot solve all the glitches on a test bench.
When asked whether the McLaren-Honda would run again before the first 2015 test in Jerez, Boullier replied: "Not now, but maybe. We will see after the investigation and running on the dyno and correcting all these issues.
"We brought the basic technical layout of our engine here. It didn't work - but a lot of it can be solved on a dyno.
"I'm not talking about driveability or pure performance - for that we need a car on-track - but we can make sure all the systems are working on a dyno before Jerez,” the French engineer explained.