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Originally Posted by adzii_nufc
I doubt it. McLaren are still in decline, they have been for some time. Button doesn't bring anything anyway, he's not capable of pushing a car to a top finish. Alonso and Hamilton could do that in average drives which both have done in the past. McLaren need to consider that this partnership with Honda is an absolute disaster and bite the bullet for this season giving the drivers a free season if you will.
Honda can say the speed is coming all they want but this was always on the cards for a first season back.
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I think that's very harsh. Button is a World Champion, scored more points than Hamilton during the three years that they had the same car and has looked every inch the equal of Alonso so far this season.
As far as the car goes I think it's only fair to say that it's clearly so tightly packed that once Honda get their act together it's obviously going to be good. As far as Honda goes they've won an awful lot of titles as an engine supplier in the past to be discounted now. The real issue is the fact that they came in a year after the regulations were changed and have been allowed to do less development than their competitors as a result.
I understand the frustrations - they are one of the biggest teams in the sport and, for Brits, THE team that should be able to go head to head with the likes of Ferrari and Merc (the current incarnation of Mercedes is the old BAR Honda/Brawn team, of course, but under different ownership!) - but that's precisely why they had to do something different, stop buying engines off of other people and become themselves a factory team again. It will take time to get back to the front but given everything we know about Ron, the team, Honda, the drivers and the fan base I really can't see who would seriously bet against them doing it.