12-06-2017, 18:28
Creo que el año que viene Fernando correra con Mc laren y motor mercedes
http://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/40242037
Behind the scenes, several sources say, McLaren are preparing to split with Honda and use Mercedes customer engines next year.
How - and indeed whether - that happens is still not completely certain. No deal has been done for Mercedes, and the mechanics of any split with Honda have not yet been worked out.
Fernando Alonso celebrates winning the 2007 Malaysian GP
Alonso tasted success in a Mercedes-powered McLaren in the 2007 season
Ideally, McLaren would like to take a pause, use Mercedes engines for a while, and revive the Honda partnership when the Japanese engine is competitive. If that is not possible, a divorce is on the cards, although again the details of how that would happen remain unclear.
As things stand, though, the likeliest scenario is that McLaren will use Mercedes engines in 2018, which will provide a competitive boost.
McLaren have reached this point because they have lost confidence that Honda will ever deliver - a message made pretty clear in an interview executive director Zak Brown gave last week, the essence of which he repeated in Canada.
As it happens, a split with Honda is also the only possible way they might be able to keep Alonso next year. He will definitely not stay if the team stick with Honda. But a customer Mercedes engine in a car that is one of the best in the field would be an appealing prospect, certainly more so than a Renault team that is not yet ready to satisfy Alonso's ambitions.
Alonso would have to take a pay cut from his current $40m salary to stay, because splitting with Honda has a significant financial impact on McLaren. But he does not have a lot of options.
Renault, although interested, would not pay him that. Mercedes will almost certainly stick wth Valtteri Bottas alongside the under-contract Hamilton. Red Bull's drivers are both under contract in 2018 and, although some are claiming Ferrari might be interested in having Alonso back, Vettel is considered almost certain to extend his stay, and a partnership with Alonso is unlikely in the extreme.
Still, if the Mercedes deal can be secured, and as long as McLaren don't make a mess of next year's car, Alonso in a McLaren-Mercedes would likely be a contender for podiums in 2018 and add an intriguing new ingredient into the battle at the front of the field.
http://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/40242037
Behind the scenes, several sources say, McLaren are preparing to split with Honda and use Mercedes customer engines next year.
How - and indeed whether - that happens is still not completely certain. No deal has been done for Mercedes, and the mechanics of any split with Honda have not yet been worked out.
Fernando Alonso celebrates winning the 2007 Malaysian GP
Alonso tasted success in a Mercedes-powered McLaren in the 2007 season
Ideally, McLaren would like to take a pause, use Mercedes engines for a while, and revive the Honda partnership when the Japanese engine is competitive. If that is not possible, a divorce is on the cards, although again the details of how that would happen remain unclear.
As things stand, though, the likeliest scenario is that McLaren will use Mercedes engines in 2018, which will provide a competitive boost.
McLaren have reached this point because they have lost confidence that Honda will ever deliver - a message made pretty clear in an interview executive director Zak Brown gave last week, the essence of which he repeated in Canada.
As it happens, a split with Honda is also the only possible way they might be able to keep Alonso next year. He will definitely not stay if the team stick with Honda. But a customer Mercedes engine in a car that is one of the best in the field would be an appealing prospect, certainly more so than a Renault team that is not yet ready to satisfy Alonso's ambitions.
Alonso would have to take a pay cut from his current $40m salary to stay, because splitting with Honda has a significant financial impact on McLaren. But he does not have a lot of options.
Renault, although interested, would not pay him that. Mercedes will almost certainly stick wth Valtteri Bottas alongside the under-contract Hamilton. Red Bull's drivers are both under contract in 2018 and, although some are claiming Ferrari might be interested in having Alonso back, Vettel is considered almost certain to extend his stay, and a partnership with Alonso is unlikely in the extreme.
Still, if the Mercedes deal can be secured, and as long as McLaren don't make a mess of next year's car, Alonso in a McLaren-Mercedes would likely be a contender for podiums in 2018 and add an intriguing new ingredient into the battle at the front of the field.
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