22-04-2015, 15:21
(22-04-2015, 15:17)maripi escribió: http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/formula1/32389200
McLaren on the up
McLaren have had a very poor start to the season by their standards, but they have lived up to their promise of steady improvement and are undoubtedly on the cusp of getting their first points of the season. And once they have, it will be a regular occurrence.
The Honda engine has been so far off the pace that McLaren have not had any sort of performance, but the signs are that it is a very tidy car.
I don't buy into this idea they have been selling that its shrink-wrapped packaging means it is going to be a big step forward over everything else - Alonso was sliding around quite a lot in Bahrain, so there is still movement in that car.
That might be influenced by them having to take downforce off it because they are so far down on power; we will find out in time.
But McLaren are one of a few teams in F1 who have a history of being able to develop their car well in-season - even if they have had to do it rather too often as a result of the car being poor at the start.
They may feel as if they have been given a hard time by the media, but rightly so. We have high expectations of McLaren and Honda and they have not delivered. But they will.
The paddock wants that partnership to work.
McLaren, Honda, Alonso and Jenson Button are too big a players in F1 not to have a starring role in the movie.
At the moment they are extras, but I don't see that continuing for that much longer.
Marco en negrita el sentir que tenemos tantísima gente.
"Yo sigo pensando que el mejor piloto, el más completo, el único del que se esperan cosas que de los demás jamás se pensaría es Alonso." - Emerson Fittipaldi.