McLaren Duet 2015

[gethinceri]

As any manager would know, you place your best performers in your team, and if that doesn't include Bottas then he won't make it to Mercedes.

 

[RasputinLives]

Bottas vs Hamilton at Merc would certainly get my attention I have to say. Unlike Alonso, Vettel, Kimi and JB, LH has not had to face the 'young charger' factor in his F1 career yet and it would be fun to watch.

 

[Bill Boddy]

I'm glad to see that the Honda engine features a turbo split between the front and rear of the engine, like that of the 2014 Mercedes power plant....

I will be surprised if there is any team on the grid which does not have this, with the possible exception of whatever Caterham turns into.

 

[Lewywo4]

I was under the impression Bill Boddy, that Ferrari and Renault wouldn't be allowed to make those type of changes to their engines, for the up-coming season.

 

[rufus_mcdufus]

If it's within the remit of the token system and they have enough tokens & deem it a worthwhile change then I don't see why not. (quite a few 'if's' there)

 

[The Artist.....]

The engines can have up to 49% of the parts changed. I've never quite been clear on how the layout of the engine fits into this!

 

[Bill Boddy]

As I see it the "power generator" is made of a number of units, what Mercedes have doen is to bolt them together in a differing way to the accepted, and it turns out a lousy, way. It is very little to do with the design of the actual hardware.; if so then the teams can put them together in whatever manner they please.