Leading McLaren figures are denying the British team is still in crisis even after dumping Honda. Between 2015 and 2017, Honda got the blame for McLaren’s struggles. But the Japanese manufacturer is now at Toro Rosso, and having a trouble-free winter.
“It’s logical that we are being compared to Toro Rosso,” McLaren executive Zak Brown said. “Honda is doing a great job, but my attitude hasn’t changed. I suspected that sooner or later they would get it right and we wish them the best. But we’re focused on ourselves,” he added.
McLaren itself is at the bottom of the winter mileage charts, with the newly all-orange car regularly breaking down in the second Barcelona test.