MP4-18 making strong progress

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The new McLaren contender which has yet to make its F1 race debut is making strong progress at this week's test at Jerez. After Wurz crashed a new car after only managing 14 laps, the team said the problem was a driver error, in which the driver left the car unhurt. Kimi Raikkonen on his hand set the pace with a problemfree 63 laps, in which he was a full second quicker than his teammate De La Rosa driving a MP4-17.After another delay, the new car it heading to its Grand Prix introduction at the British event in Silverstone.