2016 McLaren F1 Team - Honda

[damager21]

12:50
McLaren has discovered a small coolant leak the team is working to fix. Not sure when the car will be back out at this stage.
Lawrence Barretto

How small is the leak? I mean yesterday it was a minor failure which could not be fixed in the second half and now it is a small leak which has taken away the entire first half. This is super frustrating...

[wickedz50]

This is huge, getting sidelined twice in a row. There's only 4 days of testing left, at this point, Honda is a disaster, I hope I'm wrong.

Lets just wait and watch now,

[vantage87]

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[Jef Patat]

Oh come on, you're all thinking it

[GoranF1]

they will go out around 16:30h

[godlameroso]

At least they'll get some running in.

[GoranF1]

or not....
https://twitter.com/piusgasso/status/702850181776220160

[isullivan]

McLaren-Honda should just focus on 2017 when the rules are set in stone and pull "a Brawn" on Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull.

[cliffgamerz]

[McG]

+1

McLaren-Honda should just focus on 2017 when the rules are set in stone and pull "a Brawn" on Mercedes Ferrari and Red Bull.

[bauc]

Mclaren Honda needs four 100+ laps days next week to have a decent chance of a good start of the season.

[OneAlex]

I've decided the problem with the McLaren-Honda is Alonso. He clearly has some kind of curse on him. The car seemed slow but at least reliable, and then as soon as he confirms he'll definitely stay in, BAM!

[Matt_Pag]

Honestly I think that with the data we have from this week of testing it's not pessimistic to say that the team isn't in a good position... I was hoping for improvements but really still a lot of reliability problems, and the engine isn't running at full power yet... Which would probably cause even more problems I guess.. Yes it's still early to say much but the facts are that this hasn't been a great start at all imho.

[erlik]

Early to say anything but I hope they will turn their luck (although it doesn't have to do anything with luck). Anyway it will be real pain watching this big team and two world champions backmarking now when even Manor can be a challenge. I was really looking for top midfield position.

[godlameroso]

12:50
McLaren has discovered a small coolant leak the team is working to fix. Not sure when the car will be back out at this stage.
Lawrence Barretto

How small is the leak? I mean yesterday it was a minor failure which could not be fixed in the second half and now it is a small leak which has taken away the entire first half. This is super frustrating...

A crack in a cooling jacket of the block can cause a small coolant leak, so can a blown head gasket. Or a pump seal.