McLaren driver Fernando Alonso has revealed that he is confident that Honda will attain the power levels that they have targeted in 2017, but at the same time admits that aerodynamics is an area which can make or break teams in the forthcoming season.
Alonso told F1i, “Let’s say that Mercedes, the top power, will be difficult to reach, we know that – not only for us, but for everyone.”
“I think we can be close enough that we can fight. I’m 100% confident we will reach the power that we want to reach, on aerodynamics I think it is more of a question mark.”
Alonso’s latest comments suggest that the figures that are being attained, on the dyno, by Honda’s all new power unit are impressive and that now the team will be depending on the Woking built chassis to do the business on track.
The two times Formula 1 World Champion explained, “When there are new rules you can be lucky or unlucky. It depends on how every team interprets the rules, how the philosophy of the car goes.”
“Maybe you choose to go right and someone in the paddock chooses to go left and you find in race four or five that your package aerodynamically goes to the left because you started wrongly.
“Hopefully we are one of those who does the job from the beginning,” added Alonso.
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