Retro F1 - Honda or the faith that moves mountains

From zero to hero, after three destructive seasons with McLaren, it was in the Red Bull fold that Honda licked its wounds and created the conditions for success.

Published on 25/12/2021 à 09:00

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Retro F1 – Honda or the faith that moves mountains

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At the end of 2017, the couple McLaren-Honda throws in the towel. The grand design of reunification, the objective of which was to make history stutter, is nothing more than a field of ruins. McLaren and Honda failed to create the momentum that allowed them to win the titles from 1988 to 1991 with Cheers and Senna. From the first pre-season tests, the observation was clear. Supposed to fill some of its shortcomings, the new in-house powertrain proved even less reliable and less powerful than the previous one. For Zak Brown, new director of the McLaren Group, Éric Boullier, sporting director, and the main shareholders