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McLaren Group Chairman Ron Dennis is convinced that the
renewed partnership between McLaren and Honda will be successful, however he
has admitted that it will take time for the partnership to challenge for race
wins.
Speaking at a press conference in Tokyo, Japan on Tuesday Mr
Dennis stated that although Honda are affectively a year behind in the development
of their power unit he has no doubt that the new partnership will produce
competitive results from the very first race which takes place in Albert Park
Melbourne next month.
Dennis alluded the fat that when their original partnership
began in 1988 when the team Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost driving for them they
won 15 out of the 16 Grand Prix that season with Senna winning the
championship.
Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button were also in Tokyo for the
press conference and the pair are hopeful that McLaren will make big gains with
the MP4-30 ahead of the opening race of the season in Melbourne. Button is
looking forward to racing with Honda power having done so in Formula One from 2003
– 2008 securing his maiden Formula One victory with Honda F1 Racing at the 2006
Hungarian Grand Prix.
Button concluded that there is a lot of unfinished business
with Honda. McLaren will be hoping for more improvements at next weeks’
Barcelona test when Honda will bring upgrades for their power unit. The
Japanese manufacturer has been working extremely hard both at their facility in
Japan and in their UK facility in Milton Keynes.
© Ben Johnston 2015
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