2017 Mclaren F1 Team - Honda

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bauc wrote:Good bye pre-season dreams of going back to fight with the top 3-4 teams, welcome back 2015 allover again.

Alonso: Honda has no power, no reliability
https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/alon ... ty-880808/

The dream to see Mclaren back to the front has collapsed, at least for now.......
When asked whether he was able to take Barcelona's Turn 3 flat out, Alonso also made a joke about the lack of performance.

"Oh yeah, for us, not only Turn 3," he smiled. "For us nearly all the corners are flat."
:lol:

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I doubt Alonso is going to continue for the whole season, and somehow I don't think Button is coming back either. I'd say after race 4 (Spain) if McLaren aren't challenging for podiums Alonso will be out the door.

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Such a shame. Very depressing.

Although I'm glad Alonso is being honest, and all with a bit of humour thrown in. He seems to be the only person in Mclaren Honda to tell it like it is and now I hope certain people here and everywhere will realise what the real problem is.
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Diesel wrote:I doubt Alonso is going to continue for the whole season, and somehow I don't think Button is coming back either. I'd say after race 4 (Spain) if McLaren aren't challenging for podiums Alonso will be out the door.
0% chance of that
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Diesel wrote:I doubt Alonso is going to continue for the whole season, and somehow I don't think Button is coming back either. I'd say after race 4 (Spain) if McLaren aren't challenging for podiums Alonso will be out the door.
Nah he is not quitting mid season. That will be a career suicide.

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Some positivity in here most media outlets conveniently chose to leave out...

http://m.crash.net/f1/news/240676/1/alo ... oblem.html

And some in sky news too surprisingly

https://t.co/hsBK8IfJ3E

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FERNANDO ALONSO INTERVIEW MARCH 8 TEST BARCELONA
http://www.newsf1.it/fernando-alonso-in ... elona3041/

Jef Patat
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ncassi22 wrote:Some positivity in here most media outlets conveniently chose to leave out...

http://m.crash.net/f1/news/240676/1/alo ... oblem.html

And some in sky news too surprisingly

https://t.co/hsBK8IfJ3E
I'm not getting what is new in your post and what is positive that has been left out elsewhere

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Jef Patat wrote:
ncassi22 wrote:Some positivity in here most media outlets conveniently chose to leave out...

http://m.crash.net/f1/news/240676/1/alo ... oblem.html

And some in sky news too surprisingly

https://t.co/hsBK8IfJ3E
I'm not getting what is new in your post and what is positive that has been left out elsewhere
Go read the the motorsport.com just as an example.

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In the interview he was asked if he'd rather be running a version of the 2016 PU or this one, and without hesitation he said this one. He knows there's some potential in it, he's just frustrated it's not been harnessed yet.

http://www.newsf1.it/fernando-alonso-in ... elona3041/
Saishū kōnā

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Ugh it really hurts me and agrovates me at the same time that a man the calibre of Alonso has to endure this.

Really, there is no excuse for Honda's absolute failure.
I don't think Mclarens chassis was that 'fenomenal', and i doubt it will be this year - well, meaning, i haven't got much
confidence in taking serious that it supposedly would be better than Mercs, RB's etc. But the obvious problem has
been the Honda engine.
Can't stand it.

I was really hoping Alonso would have a stellar Mclaren and fight for podiums with the possbility to see it as a WDC car by the end
of the year or next year season start.

This is agonizing. It's like Mclaren and Ferrari are just torturing Alonso.

I really, really, really feel even more annoyed that he didn't go to Mercedes this year. It would have been perfect. absolutely perfect.
This is never going to work and that means Alonso's next title is never going to happen anymore - and that really, really, really annoys me more.
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I believed there were talks between Mercedes and Alonso, but with Hamilton there I don't think they want to risk it.

Or maybe a veto..?

Maybe Mclaren-Reanult doesn't feel like such a crazy idea now :D
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Mclaren - TAG? :P
"Explain the ending to F1 in football terms"
"Hamilton was beating Verstappen 7-0, then the ref decided F%$& rules, next goal wins
while also sending off 4 Hamilton players to make it more interesting"

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This isn't good at all. Makes me wonder how difficult it would be for McLaren to shoe horn a different engine into their Chassis.

Bigger and bigger black eye for Honda each day it seems.

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makecry wrote:
Diesel wrote:I doubt Alonso is going to continue for the whole season, and somehow I don't think Button is coming back either. I'd say after race 4 (Spain) if McLaren aren't challenging for podiums Alonso will be out the door.
Nah he is not quitting mid season. That will be a career suicide.
He will not quit but he might run Lemans this year as noneone on the team are going to have him unhappy