Thread: Team McLaren - can they compete?
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Old 19 Jun 2017, 15:07 (Ref:3745232)   #562
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Originally Posted by Mike Harte View Post
It's not only the free PUs that McLaren receive from Honda. They have other financial assistance from Honda as well, plus Alonso's retainer is paid by them.

Dumping Honda would leave McLaren with a huge financial hole.
this really.

just speculating as i dont have numbers, but if they drop Honda and go to paying for their engines wont they become a team operating on a budget similar to that of Williams or Force India?

they wont be winning races let alone titles with that amount of money...so, imo, its kind of a moot point to say that 'customer' teams dont win titles or that Merc wont give them full factory support....either way they cut it they wont be winning.

not sure what to make of this bit of speculation though.

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/o...-romeo-919226/

if Mclaren take on a Alfa badge does that mean they are also looking at a Ferrari engine supply?
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