Considering the amount of money Honda has invested in this year’s F1 campaign, and how much that has contributed to the 2017 McLaren entry pot we should understand that McLaren cannot simply walk away or “fire” Honda. It will be up to Honda to decide if they wish to walk away at the end of this year. This sentiment was echoed in today’s team representative press conference with Jonathan Neale (McLaren) stating “you can’t simply rip up a contract”….
So to explain the complexities Honda are facing in getting things right, first we must all get get a basic understanding what the things are. This article is in no way complete and (using F1 language,) “for sure” is a very simplified scenario of why Honda are struggling to produce power, any kind of fuel economy, and not least, reliability.
Rumours of a Williams-Honda revival squashed quickly. Could they still be bitter about suddenly loosing their championship winning deal in 1987 era of active suspension, statements based on expected future form of Honda or no desire to be a works team?
“The executive committee have now given us our marching orders,” said Brown “We’re not going to go into another year like this, in hope.”
Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button’s progress this season has been encouraging for McLaren Honda fans. Season highlights include multiple Q3 appearances, two sixth place finishes in Russia and Austria with […]
McLaren driver Fernando Alonso is set to run a new Honda engine during Friday practice for the Malaysian Grand Prix. The Spaniard already faces a 30-place grid penalty for the […]
Honda will be using it’s remaining allocation of upgrade tokens by Malaysia confirms Engine Chief Yusuke Hasegawa. Recently having spent 7 of it’s 10 remaining tokens at Spa, the Japanese […]
McLaren racing director Eric Boullier is keen for the Woking team to turn around their fortunes at the Hungarian grand prix, and extract the full potential of the MP4-31. McLaren […]
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