McLaren’s Mercedes-powered MCL35M car has hit the track for the first time ahea🐬d of the 2021 Formula 1 season.

Lando Norris and new signing Daniel Ricciardo shook down the team’s upgraded 2021 challenger at Silverstone on Tuesday as McLaren used up one of its permitted f🎐ilmi♊ng days to give its new car some mileage ahead of pre-season testing in Bahrain next month.

Ricciardo reported that his maiden outing with McLaren went 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:“really smooth”, while Norris noted an instant differen🍎ce in how the Mercedes power unit sounded and felt compare☂d to the team's Renault-powered predecessor.

“There are obvious🧸ly some differences with the Mercedes, so it already sounds a bit different and feels a bit different, but▨ it’s not the easiest to tell loads about one lap,” Norris said.

“I already have comments and some feedbacܫk for the Mercedes lot, so w🌠e’ll see. I still need to get some more laps to get a good understanding but so far, so good.”

Last week, Mercedes admitted that it was battling some power unit-relate🐼d problems ahead of the new season but Mc🙈Laren, so far at least, has not encountered any issues.

"I mean that's obviously a question for Mercedes really,” McLaren technical director James Key said at the team's laun💟ch ꦍevent on Monday. “We couldn't answer that.

"To date, we have done s🦩ome full-scale testing on a dyno and that's been completely problem-free. But I would🅺 say Mercedes are definitely the best to answer that, to be honest.”

McLaren is expected𓆉 to conduct its second and final filming day of the year on Thursday at Silverstone, with Norris and Ricciardo once a⛦gain set to share driving duties.