McLaren’s troubled pre-season campaign showed little sign of abating in Barcelona as further reliability issues plagued their second day of testing. While Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas pounded around the Circuit de Catalunya as Mercedes showed off the astonishing reliability they hope will fire them to yet further glory, McLaren were restricted to 40 laps.

… the grid with 20 cars. Bernie Ecclestone is gone after nearly four decades as F1’s boss. In charge now is U.S. sports and entertainment firm Liberty Media, which took over to try to win back dissatisfied fans and make the series thrilling again. The …