While the opening five races suggested that McLaren had benefited from its switch from Honda power to Renault, over the course of the remainder of the season the Woking outfit clearly struggled, and while it finished ahead of (Honda-powered) Toro Rosso, it was clear that the Japanese power unit hadn't been the root all the multi-championship winner's problems. Though Honda has to take a huge step forward as it partners with Red Bull, a team not known for its patience, the Japanese manufacturer's F1 boss, Masashi Yamamoto, admits that the biggest difference between McLaren and Toro Rosso was the level of communication. 'The biggest change to Toro Rosso is we had much better communication...
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