Honda is not yet abandoning the idea of powering McLaren to the podium in 2015. Amid all the hype about the reunion of the ultra-successful names in formula one, McLaren-Honda has struggled so far this season. But the MP4-30 has made significant progress since the Melbourne season opener, and star driver Fernando Alonso has suggested Q3 and a points finish might be a realistic target for his home race in Barcelona this weekend. 'Day by day,' agreed Honda's F1 chief Yasuhisa Arabi, 'we can see real progress. 'I am confident that our efforts will yield results,' he told the Finnish newspaper Turun Sanomat. Arai admitted that Bahrain was a terrible weekend for Jenson Button, whose troublesome...
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