Mclaren Honda 2015

[GoranF1]

A "fresh" quote from Arai;

"Our team should keep making the effort to get the win in the second half of the season and next year.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.ph ... 0awareness

[majki2111]

A "fresh" quote from Arai;

"Our team should keep making the effort to get the win in the second half of the season and next year.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.ph ... 0awareness

How he thinks that is still possible??? I mean, look at the problems and resaults... I don't have a clue.

[Tauri_J]

Because they know this engine has massive potential

[Thunder]

Seems to be at least not disastrous... ^^
https://twitter.com/HondaRacingF1/statu ... 0856350720

[KingHamilton01]

4) Alonso, McLaren, 45 laps, 1:10.718, This seem's very competitive, Faster than his qualy lap!

[mikeerfol]

104 laps today, 2 days in a row without mechanical problems =D> =D>

[DiogoBrand]

Because they know this engine has massive potential

Because they think this engine has massive potential

[Jef Patat]

Because they know this engine has massive potential

Because they think this engine has massive potential

It's not because you think that, that they think that. They know a lot more than you do, and most certainly than you think they do. Now, let's think about that

[DiogoBrand]

Because they know this engine has massive potential

Because they think this engine has massive potential

It's not because you think that, that they think that. They know a lot more than you do, and most certainly than you think they do. Now, let's think about that

But still don't know enough to make a decent PU yet, as it seems.

[Jef Patat]

Thinks are not as black-white as you present them. I hear a lot of people bashing when things go wrong, I hear very little positive after two normal testing days.

[DiogoBrand]

Thinks are not as black-white as you present them. I hear a lot of people bashing when things go wrong, I hear very little positive after two normal testing days.

If I recall correctly, they managed more than 160 laps in Spain last month, but as you can tell by the result it didn't mean much.
You'll see positive comments when positive results start happening, before that you'll continue to see lots of bashing.

[Andres125sx]

Fans can´t wait, and that will never change

It doesn´t matter if it´s a new project with a new engine from a new manufacturer, who had prevented us from poor results in the first middle of the season

Even if we don´t have a clue about their program/schedule, we fans always ask for results now, even in this sort of scenario


Are the results frustrating? Yes

Does it have any relevance considering we´re still in the first half of the first season? No


Be patient, and please take into account I´m writing this to convice myself too

[Jef Patat]

True, 66 and 100 to be exact. This time 77 and 104, very similar and back then sounds were positive, 'they desperately needed that data', ...

People were complaining when Merc focussed on the next season a couple of years ago, now those same people are complaining Merc is too dominant. The (lack of) results is frustrating, but it's too early to evaluate. And certainly to say 'they think the engine has potential'. If next year fails your crystal ball is correct.

[Miguel]

My impression is that part of the issues McLaren Honda are having are partly due to not testing extensively in a mule last year [1] and partly because the freeze rules possibly favour an unreliable engine on the long term. I mean, if you aren't going to win in 2015 anyway, and you really are in this for the long run, why not sacrifice half a season in order to use the reliability extensions to get the PU right?

Of course, this doesn't mean they've done a fantastic job, at least not right now.

[1] Not testing the engine on a mule was a gentlemen's agreement with: a team that runs 4 cars, another that spent oodles of money to get the engines right and a certain italian team that desperately wants testing back) and all of them having the benefit of a year's experience. I hope Honda got anything out of there other than warm fuzzy feelings

[DiogoBrand]

True, 66 and 100 to be exact. This time 77 and 104, very similar and back then sounds were positive, 'they desperately needed that data', ...

People were complaining when Merc focussed on the next season a couple of years ago, now those same people are complaining Merc is too dominant. The (lack of) results is frustrating, but it's too early to evaluate. And certainly to say 'they think the engine has potential'. If next year fails your crystal ball is correct.

Failing next year won't mean I'm right. I never said it doesn't have potential, what I'm saying is that if there is potential to win, not even Honda can know for sure.