2017 Mclaren F1 Team - Honda

[kasio]

we will be happy.

[mclaren111]

the performance gap its bigger than ever ..and next year the engine frozen (not all parts) ...thats mean mclaren if stick with honda it will be last ..for the next 3 years ...if honda can not catch up until 28/2/2018 a future death for mclaren its all ready
i think to jump to mercedes for engine its the only way to save his life ....

Please put away sharp objects and sit down!

[GoranF1]

Just to clarify a couple of things, one I did NOT give up on Honda. I decided not to renew my contract due to personal reasons not related to Honda. Secondly, the translation of "traitor" is really not that accurate; it's meaning in this case is "rebel".

This spineless engineer believes this current PU in its current layout has tremendous potential and has XX% more peak power available than the 2016 PU and X% more efficient.

I am not worried about reliability because sooner or later that will be solved....but SkyF1 says gap is 160hp now and Hasegawa also said hp gap is "scary".
Whats your comment on that?

[popovic94]

Just to clarify a couple of things, one I did NOT give up on Honda. I decided not to renew my contract due to personal reasons not related to Honda. Secondly, the translation of "traitor" is really not that accurate; it's meaning in this case is "rebel".

This spineless engineer believes this current PU in its current layout has tremendous potential and has XX% more peak power available than the 2016 PU and X% more efficient.

I am not worried about reliability because sooner or later that will be solved....but SkyF1 says gap is 160hp now and Hasegawa also said hp gap is "scary".
Whats your comment on that?

If this was first test in 2014 that wouldnt be scary.But if that is a gap after 3 years, then there is no hope, that gap cant be caught.

[popovic94]

Just to clarify a couple of things, one I did NOT give up on Honda. I decided not to renew my contract due to personal reasons not related to Honda. Secondly, the translation of "traitor" is really not that accurate; it's meaning in this case is "rebel".

This spineless engineer believes this current PU in its current layout has tremendous potential and has XX% more peak power available than the 2016 PU and X% more efficient.

I am not worried about reliability because sooner or later that will be solved....but SkyF1 says gap is 160hp now and Hasegawa also said hp gap is "scary".
Whats your comment on that?

If this was first test in 2014 that wouldnt be scary.But if that is a gap after 3 years, then there is no hope, that gap cant be caught.

Gap shouldnt be more than 60-80Hp for them to even have hope of wining in this engine formula.

[mwillems]

Just to clarify a couple of things, one I did NOT give up on Honda. I decided not to renew my contract due to personal reasons not related to Honda. Secondly, the translation of "traitor" is really not that accurate; it's meaning in this case is "rebel".

This spineless engineer believes this current PU in its current layout has tremendous potential and has XX% more peak power available than the 2016 PU and X% more efficient.

Wow, are you suggesting the engine has a double digit percentage HP increase, or am I reading too much into the use of one or two X's? That would be very impressive. But all the more baffling given the performances in testing. The engine must be as detuned as an engine could be.

[RS200E]

What spineless engineer?

[OviJohn]

What spineless engineer?

Himself. (He wrote that in first person)

[OneAlex]

Unexpected vibrations from the Honda engine are causing McLaren's power unit to effectively shake itself into breaking down, Sky Sports understands.

....

The team, who had already endured an abject fortnight at Barcelona, completing the fewest number of laps and recording a fastest time three seconds adrift of the quickest lap, attributed Alonso's two on-track breakdowns on Friday to a 'a series of intermittent electrical issues'.

But it is understood that vibrations from the Honda engine are suspected to be the root cause of the outages.

"What's the issue with the engine? As far as I can glean, the issue is vibrations and so many vibrations that it is affecting the electrics and things are popping out left, right and centre," explained Sky F1's David Croft

...

http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12433/ ... led-winter

Hmm...

[RS200E]

Croft is the worst...

[RS200E]

What spineless engineer?

Himself. (He wrote that in first person)

Thanks.

[diffuser]

Just to clarify a couple of things, one I did NOT give up on Honda. I decided not to renew my contract due to personal reasons not related to Honda. Secondly, the translation of "traitor" is really not that accurate; it's meaning in this case is "rebel".

This spineless engineer believes this current PU in its current layout has tremendous potential and has XX% more peak power available than the 2016 PU and X% more efficient.

Picture of Wazari in his youth, notice the McLaren Red jacket! Could be the Red from the Japanese Flag ???



I think SOME people here just take things a little too seriously.

[nanocustic]

I just assume McLaren became the new Williams. With that in mind, I hope they can get on level in the coming years.
With the arrival of Mercedes works team, I could only assume something like this would happen.

[Stalker1]

Croft is the worst...

I believe Croft did not made this up. It very well could be an anonymys insider commentary on the PU issues.

[zeph]

I really hope I'm wrong, but it sure looks like this season has been lost before it has even started.

Alonso has to be F1's most tragic figure of all time. Even more so than Reutemann (yeah, I'm that old).