Download McLaren-Honda Formula1 Wallpaper
The much-touted reunion of McLaren and Honda has yet to be put to the test in a race, but one thing has already been proven: the McLaren-Honda Formula1 racecar looks pretty badass in the right lighting. The image above shows Fernando Alonso testing the car at Barcelona, and comes to us courtesy of motorsport photographer […]
Meet the New McLaren-Honda Formula 1 Drivers: Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button
After years apart, McLaren and Honda are renewing their once-dominant Formula One partnership for next season, and have been building excitement with engine reveals and teaser videos. Now the pair is officially announcing the new McLaren Honda Formula 1 drivers: Jenson Button (second from left) and Fernando Alonso (second from right). Kevin Magnussen (center) will […]
“A New Era” Video Hypes McLaren-Honda Formula 1 Partnership
After twenty years of Mercedes-built engines, McLaren will be going back to Honda next year, with both of them hoping for a return to their past winning ways. To amp up the excitement and expectations, McLaren posted to YouTube the following “A New Era” video, which teases the upcoming McLaren-Honda partnership in anticipation of the […]
How Max Verstappen Had the F1 Season That Will Never Be Beaten
Largely, there’s been one thing to blame for the Max Verstappen domination: Max Verstappen.
Fernando Alonso Returning to F1 in 2021
In a major twist, two-time world champion Fernando Alonso will return to Formula 1 in 2021, driving for Renault alongside Esteban Ocon as his teammate. Driving Less? How to maintain your car It will mark the first time a driver has had three separate stints driving for the same team. The Spaniard raced for Renault […]
Honda Partners With IHI to Accelerate F1 Turbo Development
Honda has announced a strengthened partnership with IHI, a Japanese industrial company, which it hopes will provide “a notable step up in performance” for the 2019 Formula One season. The two companies have been working together since 2015 and have announced an updated two-year technical partnership regarding the developing and supply of turbocharger-related components. The […]
Fernando Alonso Retires From Formula One
McLaren Racing has announced that Fernando Alonso will not race for the team or in Formula One at all in 2019. Alonso, 37, is currently completing his 18th F1 season and his fifth at McLaren. Since his debut in 2001, he has earned two world championships, 32 wins, 22 pole positions, and 97 podiums. He has […]
McLaren Launches Very Orange 2018 F1 Car
Team colors and car liveries tend not to change very much year after year. It’s reasonable to guess that the next Ferrari Formula One car will be red, the next Mercedes will be grey, the next Renault will be yellow, and the next Williams will be white. But what about the next McLaren? When Bruce […]
Breaking Down the Official 2018 Formula One Driver Lineup
With today’s official announcement that Sergey Sirotkin will drive for the Williams Martini Racing team this year, the 2018 Formula One driver lineup has at last been finalized. There are not as many changes as in 2017, in part because—unusually—a good number of them took place mid-season rather than after the championship had concluded last […]
Alonso Won’t Return to the Indy 500 in 2018
Fernando Alonso’s participation in the 101st running of the Indianapolis 500 was one of the highlights of this year in motorsports—and could have been so much more had his engine not gone up in flames, as he had been poised to fight for the win in the closing stages. Since then there has been speculation […]
Honda Says It Can Be Proud of Its 2017 Season
Despite the difficulties it faced, Honda says it can be “proud” of the engine development rate it showed throughout the 2017 Formula One season. The season was off to a challenging start after Honda opted to change the concept behind its engine and then ran out of time to be sufficiently prepared. This led to […]
McLaren Racing Open to Returning to Honda in the Future
McLaren executive director Zak Brown says the Formula One team would be open to working with Honda again in the future should the opportunity arise, despite the poor results they had together throughout the last three years. Honda made a long-awaited return to the sport in 2015 but for various reasons had a lot of […]
‘No Regrets’ Over Honda Partnership, Says McLaren
The 2017 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix marked the last race McLaren and Honda would complete together after a difficult three-year partnership. Because of the unstoppable force that McLaren Honda had been in the 80s and 90s, the announcement that they would be reunited starting in 2015 had been met with excitement and high expectations. But […]
Performance in Mexico ‘Better Than We Thought,’ Says Honda
Honda F1 project chief Yusuke Hasegawa says the team’s engine performed better at the 2017 Mexican Grand Prix than it had anticipated. Fernando Alonso finished 10th to score a single point while Stoffel Vandoorne finished 12th, though they had started in 18th and 19th place, respectively. They had started this far back because Honda had […]
Honda ‘Very Close’ to Matching Renault, Says F1 Project Lead
Honda has had a tough time in Formula One ever since its return to the sport in 2015. Each year the engine constructor dramatically changed its power unit concept and thus kicked off the championship far behind the competition, to the point of seriously frustrating McLaren’s Fernando Alonso. But after yet another difficult start to […]
Honda Success Would Make McLaren Look ‘Silly,’ Zak Brown Admits
McLaren boss Zak Brown has admitted that the Formula One team would look “silly” if Honda took a big step forward in 2018. McLaren will be splitting up with Honda at the end of the 2017 season after a difficult three-year partnership. Honda will instead power Toro Rosso and McLaren will go to Renault for […]
Honda Planning One More Big Upgrade for McLaren
Instead of focusing on several small improvements for McLaren, Honda will change its engine development strategy for the remainder of the 2017 Formula One season to involve just one big upgrade with only six races to go. Honda’s development plan had been aggressive so far this year in its attempts to mend the relationship with […]