Poll Will McLaren finish the race?

[Bill Boddy]

Oh, I don't know, a bit of chewing gum and gaffer tape underneath might hold.

I wonder what Alonso thought of it, one engine down and he hasn't even had a free practice yet.

 

[KekeTheKing]

Once they let JB turn the engine up he went a second faster than he had all race. Goes to show they couldn't have cared less about 10th today because they probably would have done that sooner if they did.

 

[rufus_mcdufus]

It was quite interesting watching JB against Perez today. Jenson was frequently opening up around a second of gap seemingly from nowhere. I don't think I've seen such a variation in pace before.

 

[Bill Boddy]

It was noticeable that the Force India was 30 kph faster on the straight than the McLaren when they were both close but no DRS was being used. Now they have proved that they can run a race distance it could be that they will start gradually upping the engine power.

 

[cider_and_toast]

So with McLaren-Honda getting one car to the finish today in 11th, how did that compare with Honda's of yesterday:

1964 - German GP - Honda Team - 1 Car Entry - Ronnie Bucknam finished 13th

1983 - British GP - Spirit Racing (Engine Only) - 1 Car Entry - Stefan Johanson - DNF (Fuel System)

2000 - Australian GP - BAR (Engine Only) - Jacques Villeneuve 4th - Ricardo Zonta 6th

2006 - Bahrain GP - Honda Team - Jenson Button 4th - Rubens Barichello 15th.

So, with Button's 11th and KMag's DNS we have

2 4ths
1 6th
1 13th
1 15th
1 DNF and 1 DNS

 

[jez101]

It was quite interesting watching JB against Perez today. Jenson was frequently opening up around a second of gap seemingly from nowhere. I don't think I've seen such a variation in pace before.

I saw the same. I wondered if maybe all this stuff about it being a decent car underneath might actually be true. It seemed to be handling well in the sweeping curves, especially under acceleration.

 

[sushifiesta]

Was he opening up a gap or was Perez just being crap? Although the coming together was maybe more on the side of being Jenson's fault, Perez was frequently taking trips over the grass etc.