Mclaren Honda 2015

[Joseki]

Fernando's pace was really good considering the damage on the floor.

[Manoah2u]

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Fernando's pace was really good considering the damage on the floor.

wow, no wonder he couldnt'keep up with button, all the more impressive how he indeed managed to stay at front so long and strongly

[Vasconia]

Now it has sense why Alonso said that it had been one of his best races.

[proteus]

u all writing like button cant drive at all. He drove strong as well, and dont forget that Alonso was the only one getting the newest upgrades if im not mistaken.

[kaepernickus]

u all writing like button cant drive at all. He drove strong as well, and dont forget that Alonso was the only one getting the newest upgrades if im not mistaken.

He was the only one with the new engine (but got spun by Massa and had to drive the entire race with a damaged floor). New FW, floor, ... were available for both cars.

I do agree though that Fernando and Jenson did have a great race.
Nice to see them in the mix right until the end again.

[GoranF1]

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Fernando's pace was really good considering the damage on the floor.

wow, no wonder he couldnt'keep up with button, all the more impressive how he indeed managed to stay at front so long and strongly

What do you mean couldn't keep up whit Button? Since lap one,up until last SC all the time Alonso was reducing the gap.
Last few laps before SC,Alonso was really catching him hard,and on a much older tyre.Only after that last SC,Alonso had that engine problem and then Button was gone.

[GoranF1]

RedBull was fastest on Intermedia,Mclaren wasnt that much slower to Ferrari for instance.

[ME4ME]

More penalties incoming: http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/alons ... penalties/

Teammate Button, meanwhile, is set for a double engine change.

The Briton will use a new spec engine in first practice on Friday and then another - also of the latest spec - for the remainder of the weekend.

It's absolutely ridiculous. You'd think by now they would be able to run each internal combustion engine reliably for several races, but no ..

[Thunder]

It's not about reliability. They are pooling Engines again. Buttons finally gets two Spec 4 Engines, Alonso one on top of the one used in Austin. This Track is quite Engine dependant so it's the perfect place to take the Penalties.

[ME4ME]

I disagree: it is about reliability. Alonso didn't race his engine in Russia. If reliability wasn't an issue then he should be able to use it in the US as well as the remaining 3 races. Button even takes 2 completely new engines for 3 races ..

[Thunder]

Better safe than sorry i guess. This Race will be tough for McHonda anyways, might as well get the Engine Situation done with for the Season. Won't Change a Thing if they get 15, 25 or 50 places Grid Penalty.

[Andres125sx]

I disagree: it is about reliability. Alonso didn't race his engine in Russia. If reliability wasn't an issue then he should be able to use it in the US as well as the remaining 3 races. Button even takes 2 completely new engines for 3 races ..

No it is about getting a free engine just in case. If you´re going to start from last position it doesn´t matter if you put one or two new engines into the car, so better use two and you can test different mapping with the peace of mind of having an spare engine if there´s some problem

Remember this is a test season and testing usually brings unintended consequences

[diffuser]

I disagree: it is about reliability. Alonso didn't race his engine in Russia. If reliability wasn't an issue then he should be able to use it in the US as well as the remaining 3 races. Button even takes 2 completely new engines for 3 races ..

No it is about getting a free engine just in case. If you´re going to start from last position it doesn´t matter if you put one or two new engines into the car, so better use two and you can test different mapping with the peace of mind of having an spare engine if there´s some problem

Remember this is a test season and testing usually brings unintended consequences

Take advantage of the loop hole.

[mrluke]

Begs the question, why not introduce as many new PUs as you can fire up over the weekend? Theoretically a team only has to take penalties at 1 gp to have a new engine for every race..

[PlatinumZealot]

Yup that is a loop hole. Absorb all the hits in one race.
Only other thing bad (or good?) about it is the number of Honda engine coffee tables that will be produced over the season.