Fernando Alonso is upbeat ahead of the first race of the 2017 F1 season in Australia, but is expecting a difficult weekend for McLaren Honda. read more »

Fernando Alonso admits McLaren are braced for a "difficult" weekend in Australia, although Honda are optimistic they have made progress with their engine. read more »

Fernando Alonso has said he is braced for a "difficult" season opener in Australia after a torrid pre-season with McLaren-Honda. read more »

Fernando Alonso says McLaren-Honda is braced for a "difficult" Australian Grand Prix this weekend, after its build-up to the 2017 campaign was blighted by… read more »

Fernando Alonso admits McLaren is bracing itself for a 'difficult weekend' in Australia this weekend, despite Honda's hopes that it has made progress with its... read more »

McLaren s Eric Boullier says he s having to manage Fernando Alonso and Stoffel Vandoorne with different tactics after Honda's power unit woes read more »

After the most troubled of pre-seasons, McLaren and engine suppliers Honda head into 2017’s season-opening Australian GP facing mounting questions over the long-term future of... read more »

Despite the barrage of criticism being heaped on them by McLaren, Honda insist they are not giving up on their Formula 1 project. read more »

Amidst talk of McLaren seeking a new engine partner, Honda insists it remains 100% committed to F1 and the Woking team. read more »

Honda says it remains 100 per cent committed to its Formula One partnership with McLaren despite news this week that the team has been exploring the possibility of a return to... read more »

Honda remains "100% committed" to a future with McLaren in Formula 1, despite a troubled start to 2017 and the team has approaching Mercedes over an engine deal read more »

Such is the concern over the Honda engine that McLaren have reported made "informal and brief" contact with Mercedes regarding an engine deal. read more »

McLaren have reportedly made initial steps to see how viable a switch to Mercedes power units could be after its F1 pre-season testing nightmare with Honda read more »

McLaren has made an exploratory approach to Mercedes about an engine supply, according to the BBC. McLaren endured a problematic pre-season with its Honda power unit, which was... read more »

McLaren has sounded out Mercedes about a supply of customer engines in Formula 1, sources have confirmed, if it concludes that it is best to split with current partner Honda read more »

McLaren has made brief contact with Mercedes about potential power unit supply, amid current partner Honda's ongoing reliability and performance troubles… read more »

Fernando Alonso says McLaren-Honda is in a much stronger position than during its pre-season testing nightmare endured in 2015 read more »

McLaren make an exploratory approach to Mercedes about engine supply in the wake of problems with partner Honda. read more »

Eric Boullier has admitted that he is unsure whether McLaren-Honda will be able to finish the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, after another troubled… read more »

Such is the discontent between McLaren and Honda that Eric Boullier openly admitted that the Woking team would be race winners, if only they were using a different power unit. read more »

McLaren boss Eric Boullier admits the team must be competitive this season to stand any chance of keeping Fernando Alonso in 2018. Alonso, who is in the final year of his... read more »

Eric Boullier has admitted that Fernando Alonso will "take his own decisions" if McLaren-Honda cannot overcome its troubles and produce a competitive… read more »

While McLaren and Honda did their best to try to downplay their pre-season Formula 1 testing woes, the situation appears to have gone beyond the debate about whether it is a crisis read more »

Eric Boullier has admitted that there "aren't overnight fixes" at McLaren-Honda, as the team braces itself for a tough start to the 2017 campaign after a… read more »

It is believed that vibrations from the Honda engine are behind the electrical failures suffered by the McLaren Honda Formula 1 Team, during the final week of winter testing. read more »