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McLaren MD comments on modified Sakhir circuit

10 March 2010 @ 07:12 GMT - Charles Cooper The Sakhir circuit in Bahrain where Sunday's race will take place is slightly modified and most of the teams ran simulations before going to Bahrain. The corner is quit tight and it remains a high-downforce track. "We've run it in simulation. It's quite tight so it will remain a high-downforce track. I'm not sure anyone will get onto full throttle on the new piece, so it will be high workload," said McLaren's MD Jonathan Neale. "I haven't seen a lap time prediction, but it will be one of the longer ones. Punishing on the brakes and on temperatures - particularly when following in traffic," he said. McLaren's rear wing will be under investigation on Thursday, but they are confident it will be legal.