Fans are impatient yes. But not half as impatient as sponsors and bookkeepers and at least fans are moderately loyal. The Mclaren company as a whole has a 250meur turnover,only half of that is coming from their product side. They need sponsors, sales and they need column 2 money to keep the show going. They need results.Andres125sx wrote: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
Let's not sugarcoat it Mclaren is on track to set its worst result since 1968. In their existence switched engine manufacturers 9 times. This is the first time that they did not achieve a top 6 finish in the first 3 races.
This is a horrible engine introduction, worse than the Peugeot adventure of Mclaren in 1994 or the Williams Cosworth combination of 2006. And these engine manufacturers were ditched after one year.
If they get a good customer engine then their engineering should be able to build a top 4 car with a change of getting podiums. But they would have to decide soon to get the design going.
If they stick with Honda then they are stuck with it for another year and if current results persists it may put the whole company in danger. That's a pretty big risk to take.
I would be much more comfortable if the car would have only shown one competitive lap. Even if it would explode in a ball of fire after the finish at least it would have shown the potential.