2017 Mclaren F1 Team - Honda

[max_speed]

Mclaren has jumped the midfield.

lets wait till FP2 is over before we get excited.

[j2004p]

Mclaren has jumped the midfield.

lets wait till FP2 is over before we get excited.

I tend to agree with the caution on being overly optimistic, however having Alonso AND Vandoorne in to top 10 is at least encouraging!

[bauc]

Mclaren has jumped the midfield.

lets wait till FP2 is over before we get excited.

I would say lets wait till QUALY before we get excited.

[GhostF1]

Very promising so far. Using Ultra's yes, but so was Ocon.
Fp1 can mean absolutely nothing though. Hopefully Alonso finds a happy setup with his car, I know he was changing a fair bit.

Agree. Let's see what's what with quali tomorrow. Perez and Hulk weren't in this session.

[GoranF1]

I am told update is worth 26hp...gap to Mercedes(custemer) now 67hp.

[vantage87]

[godlameroso]

Where is the speed trap?

[ZakB]

New rumor: Honda doesn't want Alonso in 2018, instead they rather spend the money on engine development. They are tired of his complaining.

[Thunder]

New rumor: Honda doesn't want Alonso in 2018, instead they rather spend the money on engine development. They are tired of his complaining.

So do they want to get rid of Eric Boullier, Zak Brown and Mansour Ojjeh too?

And while they're at it, Stoffel Vandoorne and Matt Morris haven't exactly been praising the PU too.

[etusch]

New rumor: Honda doesn't want Alonso in 2018, instead they rather spend the money on engine development. They are tired of his complaining.

What I was expect from Honda. I am Alonso fan but I prefer Honda to him.

[ZakB]

New rumor: Honda doesn't want Alonso in 2018, instead they rather spend the money on engine development. They are tired of his complaining.

So do they want to get rid of Eric Boullier, Zak Brown and Mansour Ojjeh too?

And while they're at it, Stoffel Vandoorne and Matt Morris haven't exactly been praising the PU too.

Well, I could post a couple of quotes and you can probably see the difference between them and Alonso.

[GoranF1]

So that is why Vandoorne is fater then...

[DarkSurferZA]

So every session (fp1 included) the honda haters flock to the message boards and now that they have visible improvements (not saying it is good or the best, just saying it's better) there are no comments.

I am impressed with the jump McLaren Honda have made and hope they can hold on to it. It would be a sore sight for it to look this positive in fp1 and be nowhere in the race.

Would be equally bad if they do better on this power sensitive circuit and worse at the next few races.

4 teams at the top next year I hope.

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[Anthropolyte]

Yeah I'm pleasantly surprised at their pace - but we have previously seen good times in practise, only for them to drop out in Q1 during qualifying. I'm going to reserve judgement until tomorrow!

[davidfroshanzen]

New rumor: Honda doesn't want Alonso in 2018, instead they rather spend the money on engine development. They are tired of his complaining.

As alonso fan that good news... Logically he will be in ferrari next year... But if he decides retire will be better than race with uncompetitive cars