Mclaren Honda 2015

[mikeerfol]

http://www.mclaren.com/formula1/inside- ... rtnership/

CNN International and McLaren Technology Group enter multi-year partnership

[Vasconia]

Alonso en @movistar_F1 : "Me impresionó la fábrica de Honda en Japón. Lo tienen todo para el éxito, cuando vi aquello me ayudó a decidirme"

Alonso in Movistar TV: "I was impressed by Honda factory in Japan. They have everything for sucess. When I saw that it helped me decide"



Sakura factory must be quite impressive if FA who has been in some big teams is impressed.

I have no doubts about this factory´s excellence but it sounds like the typical propaganda for the team.

[PABLOEING]

¿Some photo of Sakura F1 engine Factory in Japan?

[Richard]

Sakura factory must be quite impressive if FA who has been in some big teams is impressed.

I have no doubts about this factory´s excellence but it sounds like the typical propaganda for the team.

Yup, it's face saving to cover up for the fact that he didn't have a seat for 2015.

It was Mclaren or Marussia. Tough call. I can see why he insisted on viewing the factory first.

Or maybe he meant to say "Ferrari, Red Bull and Merc wouldn't even let me in their factory. I thought I had no friends, no one loved me. So I was impressed when I was allowed to see the Honda factory...."

[Mesteño]

CNN new sponsor. Main space on the sidepods? Red black and white confirmed as team color?

Sakura factory must be quite impressive if FA who has been in some big teams is impressed.

I have no doubts about this factory´s excellence but it sounds like the typical propaganda for the team.

Yup, it's face saving to cover up for the fact that he didn't have a seat for 2015.

It was Mclaren or Marussia. Tough call. I can see why he insisted on viewing the factory first.

Or maybe he meant to say "Ferrari, Red Bull and Merc wouldn't even let me in their factory. I thought I had no friends, no one loved me. So I was impressed when I was allowed to see the Honda factory...."

He had two more years in the contract with Ferrari. It is not like he had a gun pointing to him, he could have stayed but he preferred to move.

Why would he be lying?

[Avocado]

CNN new sponsor. Main space on the sidepods? Red black and white confirmed as team color?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B7yP__6CUAAX3tg.jpg

https://cloud-1416351791-cache.cdn-cach ... -logo1.png

No. CNN is not a title sponsor. Their logos will be on the front-wing endplates.

[Mesteño]

And beautiful promo of the presentation with a "young Button" #MAKEHISTORY



I think it gives some clues of new livery too.

[Redragon]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8UtNYh2jVc



And beautiful promo of the presentation with a "young Button" #MAKEHISTORY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7QCEjpUtRA

I think it gives some clues of new livery too.

CNN logo is red over white and Dennis and Rani are in black suit not grey as the drivers line up presentation. More convinced that livery will be red, black and white

[Alexgtt]

I really don't think we can attribute the bosses suit colours to the new livery.....................but I do think your right saying red and white may be dominant on the car this year.

[Mesteño]

CNN logo is red over white and Dennis and Rani are in black suit not grey as the drivers line up presentation. More convinced that livery will be red, black and white

Well, it would have been great if they be in red suit doesn't it?

[Richard]

He had two more years in the contract with Ferrari. It is not like he had a gun pointing to him, he could have stayed but he preferred to move.

Why would he be lying?

I didn't say he was lying. We all knew that Alonso and Ferrari agreed to terminate the contract in the middle of last year. After his famous fall out with the Ferrari management he had the choice of Mclaren or bust.

Anyway it's only a bit of PR spin. They always say everything is fantastic and better than ever, it's not worth taking seriously.

[Mesteño]

I didn't say he was lying. We all knew that Alonso and Ferrari agreed to terminate the contract in the middle of last year. After his famous fall out with the Ferrari management he had the choice of Mclaren or bust.
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Hard to believe for me there was a "hell, where do I go now" situation. Sometime in the past season Alonso decided to go to Mclaren and then he asked Ferrari to leave, I think after the Japan GP. The summer fall out with Ferrari management only accelerated the process.

[lebesset]

seems to be a feeling in the press that alonso is being preference over button by having first shot at the car in pre season one
but i would have thought the opposite , first up is more likely to get any problems , so in my view button is better getting day 2 and day 4
or is that just my way of looking at it ?

[kptaylor]

seems to be a feeling in the press that alonso is being preference over button by having first shot at the car in pre season one
but i would have thought the opposite , first up is more likely to get any problems , so in my view button is better getting day 2 and day 4
or is that just my way of looking at it ?

Just your way of thinking about it...

Red Bull, Ferrari, Force India, Sauber and Toro Rosso are doing the same.Merc & Williams are not.

[Manoah2u]

seems to be a feeling in the press that alonso is being preference over button by having first shot at the car in pre season one
but i would have thought the opposite , first up is more likely to get any problems , so in my view button is better getting day 2 and day 4
or is that just my way of looking at it ?

what nonsense. If button was the first to go at it, you'd get "Alonso gets owned by the still Alonso-Hating Ron Dennis who wants to show him Button is his man". Now alonso goes first and "Button is Alonso's little b*tch".

it's just planned testing, nothing more, nothing less.

i'd assume the same as you though about the value of Button getting day 2 and 4, being the one that is less likely to run into 'trouble'. However, it also depends on what is getting tested. one part may be trouble-free, while another part may be troublesome. Bad luck if you're the driver to run into the troublesome part.