McHonda has points!
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The otherwise rather unsuccessful combination of McLaren and Honda has had little to no results despite battles by the team’s drivers to keep going – especially Fernando Alonso, who even managed a P7 qualification this year. Understandably, the Spaniard, a two-time World Drivers’ Champion has been looking out for other options with the consistent DNFs the team has found.
With crashes, restarts and more in this race, the McLaren – with an otherwise significantly inferior engine, managed points, with Alonso finishing in P9 in the end. The 31-year-old did drive a very clean race, but would the points finish have happened without the crashes up the grid? We’re not entirely sure, and even then it was quite a close points finish in the end.
Alonso has said he is “open to options” for the new season and has made absolutely no bones of his displeasure with the failing engine he has been provided – with consistent engine issues also adding up to consistent grid penalties.
With his excellent finish at Indy earlier this year too, Alonso has his finger in a lot of pies – and if McLaren-Honda can’t deliver on their promises to the driver, that will be a big problem for them.
