Fernando Alonso got his first taste of the Honda powered McLaren MCL32 out on track at Circuit de Catalunya during the team’s filming day at the test venue in Barcelona.
The new McLaren livery has drawn a equal mix of praise and criticism, while we at grandprix247.com see it as a mix of the early Marussia F1 cars, along with the old Spyker (that since became Force India) and the Orange sponsored Arrows of the 200 season.
Alonso himself made it quite clear before the launch of the car, he hopes will revive his career, that he does not care about the colour he just wants it to be fast.
But accepts the reality of the situation, “We all realistic, myself first. Knowing that if last year we were 1.5 seconds off the pace in Abu Dhabi at the last race, we need to recover a huge gap to win this year.”
“The realistic approach, we need to be not pessimistic, but we need to be realistic, knowing that winning in F1 is extremely difficult.”
“But winning arriving sixth in the previous constructors’ championship is something no one did in history,” added the triple world champion.
Honda have admitted that they have taken a risk by shelving their 2015/2016 power unit concept, and redesigned a totally new unit in which they pin their hopes for the future.
The first test in Barcelona which kicks off on Monday will provide the first indications of the progress made by the Woking outfit relative to the pace setting teams.
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