News Details

Honda halfway up a 'high mountain'

Sutton Images Enlarge Honda has used the analogy of being half way up a "high mountain" with its work on its new power unit after McLaren qualified on the second to last row at the Malaysian Grand Prix. With the exception of Manor on the very last row, the McLaren-Hondas were the slowest cars on the circuit, although there were signs of progress compared to the team's performance in Melbourne two weeks ago. Factoring in the tyre choices in both qualifying sessions, McLaren believes it has gained 1.6s on Mercedes at the very front of the pack, although the overall deficit is still close to 2.5s. The team has been running its engines detuned in order to complete the necessary...
Full Story »
10y ago from espnF1.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Hamilton hampered by power unit issue

Lewis Hamilton failed to set a lap time during the first free practice...
10y ago from Crash.net

F1 2015 Power unit elements used so far – Malaysian...

The drivers entered in the 2015 Formula One Championship have used the...
10y ago from ThisIsF1.com

Button: McLaren must bridge gap on rivals

Jenson Button says his McLaren team must 'bridge the gap to the rest of...
10y ago from Crash.net

Button ‘getting more out of the Honda engine’

Jenson Button says he is getting more speed from the Honda power unit...
10y ago from Crash.net

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Mark Miles teases possible non-championship...

IndyCar is largely considered a North American championship, with races...

IndyCar tire, brake testing completed on IMS oval

IndyCar staged a test at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Tuesday and...

Enzo Fittipaldi hails ‘productive’ test with Arrow...

Enzo Fittipaldi completed an IndyCar test with Arrow McLaren last week,...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Mikel Arteta hails 'incredible' Arsenal star as 'one...

Arsenal defender Gabriel Magalhaes has established himself as one of the...
3h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Mikel Arteta highlights 'big message' from Sir Alex...

Arsenal have been in excellent form in the Premier League and in the UEFA...
3h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola makes PL title...

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola believes Arsenal and Liverpool are both...
5h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.