Failure or Success at Monaco Grand Prix Could Define McLaren-Honda’s Season

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Published: May 20, 2015

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McLaren head into the Monaco Grand Prix on the back of the worst start to a season in their long, proud history in Formula One.

After five races, the team that boasts 12 drivers' championships and eight constructors' titles hasn't scored a single point. Jenson Button came close in Australia, and Fernando Alonso's 11th in Bahrain looked like a promising step.

The Spaniard's display in his home race looked like another—but when he looked set to at least challenge for points, a stray visor tear-off strip lodged in his rear brake duct. As has happened far too often in 2015, he was forced to retire.

But there seems to be a renewed sense of confidence and optimism around the team as they head to the unique Circuit de Monaco.



The Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona has always been considered a good overall test of a car's abilities. There's a long straight, fast corners, medium-speed corners and—more recently introduced—some slow ones.

The McLarens qualified for the race in 14th and 15th, their best combined Saturday result of the season so far.

Jenson Button couldn't make the most of it as he endured a whole host of problems with the way his car behaved. He later revealed on the McLaren website:

My car was pretty scary to drive today: as soon as I touched the throttle, the car just snapped away from me. It was unpredictable: in low-speed corners, the car was just slow, because I got wheelspin immediately; in the high-speed stuff, it was just scary, because the rear end would snap away immediately under power.

I was talking to my engineers for most of the race to try to find out what the root of the problem was, and we switched on quite a lot of handling balance changes to try to cure it. It got a little bit better towards the end of the afternoon, but it was a pretty tough afternoon.

But Alonso had fewer problems, at least in the early...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Formula 1

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