McLaren Honda Formula 1 Team Racing Director, Eric Boullier, felt that the Woking based squad did not perform to the best of their abilities at the first race of the 2017 Formula One season. “The 2017 Australian Grand Prix won’t be remembered as one of McLaren-Honda's finest hours,” commented the Frenchman. “However, I want to pay tribute to our drivers, both of whom performed superbly, albeit in very different ways.” “Fernando’s car suffered a damaged left-front brake duct early on, but he nonetheless drove a prodigiously impressive race, wringing every last tenth-of-a-second from a compromised car on every lap, and at one stage a points finish looked to be a possibility for...
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