F1: No panic at McLaren despite bad test day for Lewis Hamilton

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From GMMA less than shining day of testing for McLaren on Wednesday has raised alarm bells for the title hopes of reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton .
The MP4-24 fitted with the 2009-spec rear wing.
The same MP4-24 fitted with the 2008-spec rear wing (lower).
The 23-year-old Briton, however, who at one stage returned to the Jerez pit lane with the rear of his MP4-24 on fire, did not seem troubled as he met with the press while his Mercedes-powered car was fixed."We're just testing, who knows?" Hamilton , whose car "overheated" according to Germany's Bild newspaper, answered."We'll find out when we get to the first race."In the field of eight 2009-specification cars, however, Hamilton was quicker only than Adrian Sutil's similarly Mercedes-powered Force India at the end of the day, and a full 1.3 seconds off the pace of Wednesday's quickest driver, Fernando Alonso (Renault).Moreover, the Woking based team has again reverted to using a 2008-specification wide and low rear wing, despite two different 2009 wings being fitted to the MP4-24 earlier this week in Spain. photo: WRI2 & McLaren