Mclaren Honda 2015

[GoranF1]

Alonso;
New engine is 0.1 per lap faster.

[bauc]

Alonso;
New engine is 0.1 per lap faster.

Source?

[bdeitemeyer]

Alonso;
New engine is 0.1 per lap faster.

Source?

Probably written elsewhere as well, but I happened to come across that same thought here:

http://www.espn.co.uk/f1/story/_/id/139 ... rved-fifth

[Thunder]

Should Honda come good next year, RB may want to take a look at the whole "size zero" concept and see if they can't redesign their 2017 charger around it too.

I said it a few Times already, but here it is once more:

RB are running this concept for multiple Years already, they just didn't give it a fancy Name.

Also: Great Drive from both JB and FA yesterday. Well deserved Points for Jenson, he is just mighty good in these Conditions. Anybody know what the Problem on Fernando's Engine was? He tweeted they wanted to retire the Car but due to them being in the Points they kept going...

[Vasconia]

Alonso;
New engine is 0.1 per lap faster.

Source?

I watched on TV when he said this. 0,1 per lap faster, it doesnt sound very promising.

Anyway good race for McLaren, too bad that Alonso had that problem but he was without tyres so his position was not real.

[Joseki]

If McLaren really has veto they should use it.
If they cannot stop the deal they should delay it as much as they can to ruin Red Bull's plan for next year.

[bauc]

Alonso;
New engine is 0.1 per lap faster.

Source?

I watched on TV when he said this. 0,1 per lap faster, it doesnt sound very promising.

Anyway good race for McLaren, too bad that Alonso had that problem but he was without tyres so his position was not real.

Well Arai said that they are expecting even more once they have proper mapping of the engine, so maybe 0.2,0.3 in next few races but overall I guess that is what they could do without any proper layout change which can only be done in the winter. Overall Great race by both drivers, its good to see them in the fight.

[max_speed]

I said it a few Times already, but here it is once more:
RB are running this concept for multiple Years already, they just didn't give it a fancy Name.
Also: Great Drive from both JB and FA yesterday. Well deserved Points for Jenson, he is just mighty good in these Conditions. Anybody know what the Problem on Fernando's Engine was? He tweeted they wanted to retire the Car but due to them being in the Points they kept going...

Arai said this about the issue: “However, we think he temporarily lost power due to a possible injector issue – which was rectified before the end of the race. We’ll need to investigate further to confirm the situation. Needless to say, we are very disappointed that he lost precious points positions because of this issue.

[adrianjordan]

Can't find it now, but saw a quote from Arai saying that there was only a 25% chane they'd be able to supply RBR at this late stage anyway.

Good day at the office yesterday it would seem. Shame Alonso couldn't hold on to that final points position, but still nice to see them scrapping in the top ten all race.

[Thunder]

@max_speed: Thanks. Looks like a minor fault then. Nothing to worry too much.

[max_speed]

@max_speed: Thanks. Looks like a minor fault then. Nothing to worry too much.

i am more worried about the improvement spec4 will bring after engine mappings go bit more aggressive in final three races. if improvement is somewhere in range of 0.3-0.4 seconds then it can be called as a significant step else another hype created by mclaren-honda in year 2015.

[diffuser]

Well Arai said that they are expecting even more once they have proper mapping of the engine, so maybe 0.2,0.3 in next few races but overall I guess that is what they could do without any proper layout change which can only be done in the winter. Overall Great race by both drivers, its good to see them in the fight.

I doubt they can triple the power increase with Engine mapping, we're talking 5-10% more pop.

Also .1 per lap was COTA specific. That will vary from race to race.

[max_speed]

I doubt they can triple the power with Engine mapping, we're talking 5-10% more pop.
Also .1 per lap was COTA specific. That will vary from race to race.

they said it performed better than expected and exceeded expectations so i am bit more optimistic.

[ollandos]

alonso lap times all over the race it's faster than button ...exept last 10....i reed on twitter somewhere about sensor problem with engine at the end
think last SC damage the result for mclaren ....

[GoranF1]

alonso lap times all over the race it's faster than button ...exept last 10....i reed on twitter somewhere about sensor problem with engine at the end
think last SC damage the result for mclaren ....

before that last SC, Alonso was significantly faster that Button although on quite older tyre.

by the looks of this Mexico will be hell for Honda!?