McLaren is convinced that its chassis is now as good as Ferrari's – and would be strong enough to fight with its Italian rival for third place in the championship.
Although it is no secret that McLaren's performances are still limited by Honda's horsepower deficit to Mercedes, the Woking-based outfit thinks good gains have been made with its car.
And despite not being yet in a position to fight for podium finishes, McLaren racing director Eric Boullier believes that the team would be challenging at the sharp end if it had more power.
“We believe our chassis is in the top three – let's say fighting with Ferrari for the third spot,” he told Motorsport.com.
EB is a joke, he said this in monaco and the pace was terrible if not for rain and other misfortune, mclaren scored some points. In hungary they manage to do a bit better but if you look at the race pace, jenson race pace in a power circuit like austria was mclaren best race pace shown in 2016. EB trying to save his job and point fingers at honda. hopefully next year the power index of all engine will be out to public and this guy will be silent and no excuses