News Details

Button hails 'biggest' Honda step so far

Pirelli Media McLaren driver Jenson Button has hailed the improvement Honda has made to its power unit after he sampled the upgraded MP4-31 for the first time in testing on Wednesday. A new specification Honda power unit, allied to fuel gains from supplier Mobil 1, was used by McLaren at the start of the second test and Button returned to action on day two, when he set the fifth fastest time. Button believes that McLaren is now in a position to focus on performance, after spending substantial energy prioritising reliability. "I would say it’s the biggest improvement yet with the power unit over the last 14 months, which is good," he said. "I think the improvement is good,...
Full Story »
10y ago from F1Zone.net 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Alonso says new Honda power unit 'definitely' more...

McLaren's Fernando Alonso has hailed progress made by Honda over the...
10y ago from FormulaSpy.com

Honda: Reliability problems not sorted yet

Honda has admitted that it has not yet hit the reliability targets it...
10y ago from Motorsport.com

'Clearly a gain' with new Honda power unit

 XPB Images McLaren racing director Eric Boullier says there is...
10y ago from F1i.com

JB: Biggest gain in 14 months

Jenson Button says the new Honda power unit introduced for the second...
10y ago from SkySports.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Fabrizio Romano says £100m star 'open' to Man United...

Transfer news expert Fabrizio Romano has provided an update on the Sandro...
1h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Withdrawals and worries

Morning all. It's all about the withdrawals this morning, as a clutch of...
4h ago from Arseblog.com

Arsenal midfielder becomes 11th Gunners star to...

Arsenal midfielder Martin Zubimendi has become the 11th Gunners star to...
16h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Sources: Why football's 'next superstar' snubbed...

Chelsea and Arsenal registered an interest in the transfer of Nico Paz,...
21h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.