McLaren brake issue in Bahrain F1 test “not an easy fix”

The first day of F1’s final pre-season test began with a change of schedule for the Woking team as Daniel Ricciardo, who was due to run in the morning, did not feel well.

Norris thus had to step in and complete the full day on his own. His best time placed him sixth overall, some 1.4 seconds off pacesetter Pierre Gasly’s AlphaTauri, with the British driver’s planned long runs compromised by the braking problem.

“I think on the whole not the day we really wanted,” said…