McLaren is unlikely to fit its unique 'bridge' front wing design at the Spanish Grand Prix next week.

The Woking based team publicly debuted the innovation at the pre-race test at Circuit de Catalunya on Monday, and on Wednesday World Champion Fernando Alonso got his first taste of the unique bodywork.

But the Spanish newspaper Diario As reports that Alonso did not offer promising feedback after using the wing - now painted red after originally appearing in carbon-fibre black - on the Barcelona layout.

"The extravagant and revolutionary front innovation did not work as the team had expected," the report added.

Alonso was fifth quickest in the MP4-22 on Wednesday; a full second off the pace of the dominant Ferrari steered by Felipe Massa.

Pedro de la Rosa will conclude McLaren's test today.

The frontrunners are going to see this car in their rear view mirror

Honda is the latest team to introduce a radical new aerodynamic device at this week's Barcelona test.

The struggling squad's RA107 chassis appeared with two new vertical, curving, wings protruding from its nose section this morning.

Test driver Christian Klien is in action for Honda today on the final day of running in Spain.

McLaren is also still using the unusual extra wing plane that it has been evaluating this week.

All the teams have pledged to introduce significant aerodynamic upgrades during the test as they take advantage of the rare four-week gap between the Bahrain and Spanish races - the largest opportunity for development during the season.

Contrary to earlier reports, McLaren has confirmed that its new radical front wing is likely to be used at the Spanish Grand Prix next weekend.

The Mercedes-powered team turned heads with the unique aerodynamic innovation at the Barcelona test this week, which features an upper flap that loops over the tip of the MP4-22 single seater's nose.

But despite some suggestions that the piece had not lived up to engineers' expectations, McLaren's F1 CEO Martin Whitmarsh on Friday confirmed that the team was pleased with the results of its Spanish test.


Drivers Pedro de la Rosa and Fernando Alonso, moreover, are understood to have reported that the bodywork delivered a slight improvement to the car's production of front-end handling.

"Consequentially it will be one of the options available to our drivers during the Spanish Grand Prix weekend," Whitmarsh said.

Source GMM
CAPSIS International

one more week till the spain gp.... 

hope rtm will show the race with martin brundle & james allen, astro commentators i really cannot tahan

one more week till the spain gp.... 

hope rtm will show the race with martin brundle & james allen, astro commentators i really cannot tahan