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Williams still to score a point this season

How's that pay driver situation workin' out for ya?

Bottas has outclassed him so far this year, Maldonado makes a mistake every race, most of them you'd be expecting Bottas to make.....

That Lotus needs a bit more straight line speed, Red Bull falling behind now?

not with these tyres designed to degrade - the tyres aren't lasting any better at the end of the races with the cars on low fuel.

And Webber claims his Q3 lap was ruined because his rear tyres went off during that single qualifying lap on low fuel before the third sector!

http://en.espnf1.com/spain/motorsport/story/107725.html

remember that's not some experimental super soft gumball qualifying tyre - its a medium compound race tyre!

Edited by hrd-hr30

But when you see Alonso and Masse exit the pits for their 3rd stint and blast in 2 1:37s then back it off to 1:29s and later 1:30-1:31s its rather pathetic. Tyres that degrade are not a problem. Tyres that are hand grenades and cant be driven on for a few laps. They were running around 8 seconds off quali pace at the end of the race. The tyres were simply shot after 5-6 laps and had to be carried for stings of 15 laps.

Up until this race I can see the argument for and against the tyres. This race was so ridiculously bad that it will want to be a one off otherwise the rest of the year will be a joke. To see an F1 car wallowing under brakes and not be able to commit to corners!

Hell, Le mans cars can run on the limit for 24hrs and an F1 car now struggles to do 2 laps. It is rather rubbish

Honda has confirmed that it will return to Formula 1 in 2015 as engine supplier to McLaren.

The Japanese manufacturer has not competed in F1 since shutting its works team at the end of 2008, but has decided to return as a result of the change to 1.6-litre turbocharged V6 engines.

Honda president Takanobu Ito said it was a "joint project with McLaren" and that the team will be renamed McLaren-Honda.

Honda has been known to have been in talks with McLaren for some time and has already made significant progress with its all-new 1.6-litre turbocharged V6 Formula 1 engine, working out of its R&D facility in Tochigi, Japan.

It previously supplied McLaren with engines from 1988-1992, winning both the drivers' and constructors' championship four times.

McLaren boss Martin Whitmarsh hailed the new deal, saying: "Together Honda and McLaren have a great legacy; we formed a uniquely successful partnership that took on and beat the world.

"Together, we created some of the greatest, most iconic Formula 1 moments of all time which are still being talked about today all around the world.

"McLaren and Honda are about to embark on a new and extremely exciting adventure together, so on behalf of everyone at McLaren and also everyone that loves F1, I am delighted to welcome Honda back to sport."

Whitmarsh admitted that the previous success of McLaren-Honda creates huge weight of expectation.

But he believes the Japanese manufacturer is the ideal partner for the team to ensure it is successful in the future.

"For everyone that works for the company, the weight of our past achievements lies heavily on our shoulders," he said.

"It's a partnership synonymous with success.

"Together, during the 80s and the 90s, McLaren and Honda won 44 grands prix and eight world championships.

"Together, in 1988, we created the most successful Formula 1 car of all time, the all-conquering McLaren-Honda MP4/4 which was driven to victory 15 times out of 16 by Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost.

"Honda has an unrivalled pedigree as a manufacturer of turbocharged engines, making it the perfect engine partner for McLaren as we strive to deliver future success in F1.

"As we look to the future, Honda and McLaren are utterly committed to maintaining that legacy and to being successful once more."

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/107442

f**k yeah!!!

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