Do they still have those restrictions on engine development and in season testing? Haven't really followed F1 these past years, so I wouldn't now if that would be a deal breaker still for developing the car as the season progresses, and teams that are behind in the beginning are basically screwed.
It costs billions to make an engine from scratch. In my view both McLaren and Honda should leave F1 and go do WEC. They'd stand a chance of a podium then.
In that case I'd like to see McLaren enter GTE and Honda be dropped altogether.
Because McLaren's "size zero" philosophy put an unreasonable parameter on Honda. It was a case of designing the engine around the chassis instead of designing the chassis around the engine. It limited what Honda could do for the sake of an unproven design concept, and it quickly became apparent that whatever benefits the "size zero" approach offered, it was nowhere near enough to offset the way Honda were effectively playing with one hand tied behind their back.
Could be... The pilots will need more physical preparation for this season...
As the saying goes, it's easier to make a fast car reliable than it is to make a reliable car fast. According to McLaren, the issues that hindered the car yesterday are related to their early problems, so they're pretty confident that fixing things quickly will mean an end to the problems.
They're already calling the chassis woes "fake news". And I couldn't help but notice that during the launch, Zak Briwn sounded a lot like Donald Trump (although maybe all American accents sound the same to my ear). Add in the set at the launch, and I immediately thought of Brown playing a Bond villain based on Trump.
Or Goss, the McLaren stalwart. Or Morris, the guy who got Newey's attentions when he was at Sauber.
