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McLaren-Mercedes 'new boy', Lewis Hamilton made his mark in more ways than one on day two of testing at the Jerez circuit in Spain on Thursday and despite an off near the end, he topped the times.

Team McLaren-Mercedes have confirmed that Alexander Wurz will not test the new 2005 car, the MP4-20, in January, as he is too tall to fit into it.

Juan Pablo Montoya got straight to grips with his McLaren-Mercedes today [Wednesday], during the second day of testing at the Circuit de Catalunya in Spain, the Colombian topping the times.

McLaren-Mercedes has underlined its intention to wrest one, if not both, Formula One world championships from rival Ferrari by announcing that its 2004 challenger will begin testing as early as next month.