Fernando Alonso is hoping that McLaren-Honda have closed up on their rivals ahead of the new season but admits he won't know until Melbourne... read more »

Fernando Alonso is happier with his lot after F1 pre-season testing than he was last year, but admits McLaren-Honda still has work to do ahead of the Australian Grand Prix... read more »

McLaren-Honda will not run its complete 2016 package until the season opener in Australia, the team's Racing Director, Eric Boullier, has confirmed, after… read more »

Steady progress made during winter tests - Honda read more »

McLaren is predicting big improvements during the 2016 season both from its chassis and engine supplier Honda. After a lacklustre season in 2015, pressure is mounting on the... read more »

Honda's Formula 1 chief, Yusuke Hasegawa, says the manufacturer's showing during pre-season testing at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya confirmed the progress… read more »

McLaren Racing Director Eric Boullier believes that the outfit can still make progress, as it did not run its full 2016 specification during pre-season testing at the Circuit... read more »

Jenson Button leaves Barcelona content with the work produced at pre-season testing by McLaren-Honda but feels he is still not ready to race read more »

Jenson Button feels that McLaren engine supplier Honda has made its "biggest improvement yet" with the power unit it has been running at the second pre-season… read more »

Jenson Button is delighted with Honda's improved power unit, saying it is the "biggest improvement" he has felt over the last 14 months... read more »

Though he admits the McLaren is still down on straight line speed, Jenson Button is feeling good progress from the Honda power unit. read more »

Jenson Button says the updated Honda engine being run in his McLaren this week is the biggest step in performance the Japanese manufacturer has made since its return to F1 last... read more »

McLaren boss Eric Boullier says there has "clearly" been a gain on Honda's updated power unit and predicts more to come before the end of testing. Honda... read more »

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... read more »

Jenson Button says the new Honda power unit introduced for the second pre-season test is the "biggest improvement" he has felt over the last 14 months. read more »

Clear gain from new Honda engine with more to come - Eric Boullier read more »

Honda has fixed the recovered energy deployment problems that severely compromised McLaren's 2015 Formula 1 form, according to the team's racing director Eric Boullier read more »

Jenson Button is adamant his partnership with Fernando Alonso is exactly what McLaren-Honda need as "we have our heads screwed on"... read more »

McLaren-Honda driver Jenson Button says he wants Formula 1 to introduce rule changes that would put it around 10 seconds ahead of the nearest category below… read more »

McLaren ran an updated Honda power unit at the first day of the second test, which is closer to the one the team is hoping to use at the opening race in Melbourne. Honda has... read more »

Fernando Alonso bounces back from last week's set-back to complete 93 laps in the McLaren-Honda MP4-31 on the first day of the second test. read more »

Fernando Alonso says he can become world champion again despite the struggles faced by the Spaniard's McLaren-Honda team. read more »

Eric Boullier is expecting "massive progress" from McLaren-Honda but concedes it is still too early to predict where they will be in the pecking order... read more »

McLaren Racing's paintshop is comprised of 14 skilled technicians - a team that is not only required to produce flawless work 100 per cent of the time, but also to turn... read more »

Formula 1's first pre-season test highlighted that McLaren continues to lack performance despite improvements made by power-unit supplier Honda, according to racing... read more »