The Christmas holidays are traditionally a time for the Formula One fraternity to relax and recharge their batteries, but McLaren revealed that some of their staff had to forego a festive break in order to get their new car ready for the start of pre-season testing.

A change to the provisional calendar was the source of the difficulties, with the Australian season opener moving three weeks forward to its now-confirmed date of March 21 - leaving McLaren (and no doubt a number of their rivals) scrambling to adjust their schedule.

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