At the urging of team boss Martin Whitmarsh, McLaren decided to scrap the 'octopus' and revert to a Red Bull-style solution.
"After the first practice session in Australia I was hugely relieved," admitted Lowe.
Two races on, Hamilton sensationally beat the dominant Sebastian Vettel's Red Bull in Shanghai.
"That (McLaren) car, if you really knew how bad it was behaving ... we were being quite cool about it but it was worrying for sure," said the 2008 world champion, reflecting upon the recent winter.
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