2016 McLaren F1 Team - Honda

[CjC]

Money talks!!

[Craigy]

Is this new? Asics as clothing partner? Motorsport.com reporting they renewed the Santander relationship as well!

http://www.mclaren.com/formula1/partners/asics/

McLaren have been using Asics footwear since 1991.

[GoranF1]

He is also impressed by McLaren-Honda, who according to Verstappen has taken "the biggest step" forward of any team between 2015 and 2016.

"Personally, the car looks really interesting to me," he said. "The big question mark is the (Honda) engine, but I think they (the team) will be close to Toro Rosso."

http://www.onestopstrategy.com/article/ ... appen.html

[bauc]

Great Video for all Mclaren fans to start the season with..... WE WILL WIN AGAIN

[Pierce89]

Is this new? Asics as clothing partner? Motorsport.com reporting they renewed the Santander relationship as well!

http://www.mclaren.com/formula1/partners/asics/

McLaren have been using Asics footwear since 1991.
http://images.solecollector.com/complex ... vf5am7.jpg

I must have those shoes

[FrukostScones]

https://www.formula1.com/content/fom-we ... ennis.html

Ron Speaks:

We at McLaren-Honda will not be in the hunt for outright world championship glory in 2016, but we expect to make good progress compared with 2015. We have been working 24-7 in Woking all winter, weekends as well as weekdays, nights as well as days, and our colleagues at Honda have also been burning the midnight oil in Sakura. Expenditure of effort does not guarantee success, of course, but you may rest assured that no Formula One team has been putting in more hours over the past few months than we have. At some point during the season, we will begin to spring a few surprises. Clearly, Honda’s power unit was a significant contributor to our under-performance last season.

so the surprise is Australia GP , or when the real PU arrives???

[PlatinumZealot]

Calsonic sponsorships reminds me a lot of blue cars:

http://s1.paultan.org/image/DSC_0604b.jpg
http://www.jbskyline.net/racing/jgtc200 ... 20(27).jpg
http://cdn.rcmart.com/images/tam_24272_2.jpg

Imagine a blue mclaren. That would be a first!

I loved the Calsonic Skyline in Gran Turismo 3! Was very balanced.

[namao]

https://www.formula1.com/content/fom-we ... ennis.html

Ron Speaks:

We at McLaren-Honda will not be in the hunt for outright world championship glory in 2016, but we expect to make good progress compared with 2015. We have been working 24-7 in Woking all winter, weekends as well as weekdays, nights as well as days, and our colleagues at Honda have also been burning the midnight oil in Sakura. Expenditure of effort does not guarantee success, of course, but you may rest assured that no Formula One team has been putting in more hours over the past few months than we have. At some point during the season, we will begin to spring a few surprises. Clearly, Honda’s power unit was a significant contributor to our under-performance last season.

so the surprise is Australia GP , or when the real PU arrives???

The surprise will not come (this year, at least).

This interview is from Japan 2014. Please listen to 3:45-4:20.

Ron is always saying this type of things and I don't belive any of them. Come on, Honda PU is not going to be at the top until 2018.

[mclaren111]

Anybody seen anything of Calsonic on the cars ??

[Vasconia]

https://www.formula1.com/content/fom-we ... ennis.html

Ron Speaks:

We at McLaren-Honda will not be in the hunt for outright world championship glory in 2016, but we expect to make good progress compared with 2015. We have been working 24-7 in Woking all winter, weekends as well as weekdays, nights as well as days, and our colleagues at Honda have also been burning the midnight oil in Sakura. Expenditure of effort does not guarantee success, of course, but you may rest assured that no Formula One team has been putting in more hours over the past few months than we have. At some point during the season, we will begin to spring a few surprises. Clearly, Honda’s power unit was a significant contributor to our under-performance last season.

so the surprise is Australia GP , or when the real PU arrives???

Both thing happen the same day and I dont expect something extraordinary. Its another "blablabla" interview with lots of good intentions but nothing real until we see it on the track.

[Felipe 92]

https://www.formula1.com/content/fom-we ... ennis.html

"it must also allow itself to adapt to a modern world in which sports fans consume moving images on devices other than television sets in the corners of drawing rooms."

"Ronspeak" strikes again, it reminds me of this :
https://www.reddit.com/r/formula1/comme ... what_time/

[Scuderia1967]

Anybody seen anything of Calsonic on the cars ??

Don't hold your breath, Calsonic is only an official supplier. Maybe just a tiny sticker...

[markc]

https://www.formula1.com/content/fom-we ... ennis.html

"it must also allow itself to adapt to a modern world in which sports fans consume moving images on devices other than television sets in the corners of drawing rooms."

"Ronspeak" strikes again, it reminds me of this :
https://www.reddit.com/r/formula1/comme ... what_time/

He's having a very targeted dig at Bernie and CVC. Sponsors are leaving F1 at a time when 50% thermal efficiency is being touted as achievable, thanks to the advances made as a result of the new formula. This should be something that the owners of F1 promote. Instead they bemoan the noise and tweak the show. This drives the fans away, and the sponsors follow with them. I believe this is relevant to the McHonda thread because its the Team starting to fling some mud. (Rightly in my opinion!). Merc are also doing similar albeit less directly.

[1lifeliveit]

Absolutely bucketing down here in Melbourne!...Cant see too much running happening at least in practice 1

[the EDGE]

great wet-weather times for the Mac boys in Melbourne, bodes well for the chassis...now we just need Honda to do their part

#Go Mclaren