01-08-2015, 17:51
McLaren-Honda
You wouldn't know it from looking at the results, but this is the best McLaren chassis since 2012.
It's not a Mercedes, but it is up there in the region of Red Bull/Toro Rosso/Ferrari among the best of the rest. There have been too many gearbox problems, though.
As for the Honda engine, it's something like 150bhp down on power and running out of hybrid boost before the end of most straights. No wonder the car is 2.5 seconds off the pace.
Honda might have started work on their engine relatively recently, but now they are in F1 only competitiveness will do. More performance is promised for the next race and it is badly needed.
It's been close between a driver line-up that oozes class, but Fernando Alonso is edging the intra-team battle with Jenson Button. But arguably the best driver line-up on the grid is being wasted.
Car
9
Engine
2
Team
7
Alonso
9
Button
8
Total
35
http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/formula1/33737309
You wouldn't know it from looking at the results, but this is the best McLaren chassis since 2012.
It's not a Mercedes, but it is up there in the region of Red Bull/Toro Rosso/Ferrari among the best of the rest. There have been too many gearbox problems, though.
As for the Honda engine, it's something like 150bhp down on power and running out of hybrid boost before the end of most straights. No wonder the car is 2.5 seconds off the pace.
Honda might have started work on their engine relatively recently, but now they are in F1 only competitiveness will do. More performance is promised for the next race and it is badly needed.
It's been close between a driver line-up that oozes class, but Fernando Alonso is edging the intra-team battle with Jenson Button. But arguably the best driver line-up on the grid is being wasted.
Car
9
Engine
2
Team
7
Alonso
9
Button
8
Total
35
http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/formula1/33737309
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