they were running well at monaco, both cars running in the points for most of the race, but coming to power circuits has really shown where Honda are. hmm, interesting upgrade, but I think it could count as moveable aero.
how many kilo's of fuel per lap? and will you be using Pedigree Chum? I've noticed that 'fuel' tends to gives off more potent exhaust gasses.
Well put it this way, going by the size of a Westie, if it's exceeding the FIA's 99kg per hour rule, something's gone badly wrong!
I bet they could drop 20KG of fuel out of the ****in thing anyway, there never finish and if they do they are 2 laps down!
sure Whitmarsh was part of the Mclaren sinking ship. But they are not even a ship right now. Lift up those patio slabs Ron!!
That team needs to sort out it's PU department. Handling (aero and mechanical grip) looks fine, ironic that all the hype was centred around the PU, theyhad a whole year to sort it out.
People from the team keep saying they are an attractive proposition for sponsors and many are interested. So where is this line of blue chip sponsors? I have an attractive proposition to pay off my student loan with little promise of winning any F1 races this season and that'd be MUCH cheaper! Fact is people aren't likely to spend tens of millions paying to have stickers on a car that'll be at the back for 50% of the race before retiring, not much TV coverage in that strategy. Could take a leaf out of Minardi's book in 1999 (I think) where they put sponsors on the bottom of their car because they had to be lifted onto flatbeds so often.
McLaren shot themselves in the foot by holding off last season. A multi-year deal signed last season when they were still performing halfway reasonably would have been a lot more beneficial than trying to find a Unicorn to pay top dollar to sponsor third rate performances.
Or perhaps just do radio advertising. A different company for each different part of the powertrain that fails when they have to tell the driver to retire.
Honda happy with engine reliability and now focusing on performance Motorsport chief Yasuhisa Arai aiming to close gap to the front before the end of the season By William Esler please log in to view this image Honda say they will focus on delivering more power during the second half of the season as they are now happy with the reliability of their engine. The McLaren-Honda partnership has yielded just five points from the first nine races of 2015 and just once have both of the team's cars reached the chequered flag. Unreliability has plagued both Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso, leading to them exceeding their engine allocations for the season before the midway point, but Honda chief motorsport officer Yasuhisa Arai says they are confident they have finally fixed their problems. "Now we have the first half of the season finished and will look to make another step in the second half," Arai said. "McLaren have a new aero package with the short nose and we will update our power unit for the second half of the season and get more competitive and chase down the front of the field." Asked if that meant the focus was now on engine performance, Arai added: "Yes, more performance. The reliability is almost fixed, but everyday there are small problems that pop up, but our main concern was to finish. Now we turn to the power side to get more competitiveness." please log in to view this image Arai admits it has been a disappointing start to Honda's partnership with McLaren, but suggested the Japanese firm are not solely to blame. "Of course we hoped and wished that we had more points, but we have to make more effort on both the chassis and power side because there is still a performance gap to the top teams," he said. "So we have to make the effort and use the tokens and analyse the data to make a step up in the second half of the season." please log in to view this image Honda still have seven tokens remaining for development this season having spent two ahead of the Canadian Grand Prix and they are planning to spend them before the end of the campaign. "We have many ideas to apply to the power unit to get more power and more reliability this season using the tokens," Arai revealed. But when will those tokens be spent? "It is kind of top secret," Arai said with a laugh.
