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Inside Line: McLaren-Honda hype very different from reality

With two seasons plus seven races into the partnership, if the speculation is true, then McLaren and Honda are heading for divorce. There is a quote from Albert Einstein defining insanity which is; “Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” We keep hearing of new Honda updates coming, but the power unit is dreadfully underpowered and unreliable. Fernando Alonso, with fresh momentum from the Indy 500- albeit sadly ending with a Honda engine failure- was brought back to reality in Canada when his F1 Honda engine failed whilst heading for a points scoring position. To make matters worse, he has the ignominy of a grid penalty of starting from the back of...
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