The Sabbath crowd huddled by the McLaren garage for a picture of what they really wanted – Fernando Alonso pulling on to the track at Jerez. Pre-season testing is for the hardy, wearing scarfs and fortified by hot flasks. But they were warmed at 10.42am local time on Sunday when the McLaren, powered by Honda, carried the local hero out for an installation lap. Camera crews then captured the moment when Alonso returned his new machine to the garage. It's glitzy this testing lark. Fernando Alonso takes to the Jerez circuit in his McLaren for his second bow with the British team
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Crowds gathered as Fernando Alonso started testing for McLaren in Jerez
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Alonso will be joined by new team-mate Jenson Button on Monday
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Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg earlier took the wraps off their Mercedes
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Sebastian Vettel ended first day of winter testing on top of the timesheets
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