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Yep, Alonso is well within his rights to slam Honda, to still be in this situation in their 3rd year is just awful, but I'm sure Alonsos wage packet will soften the blow.......and from McLarens perspective having a free engine will relax their finances opposed to paying for it, so be careful what you wish for on both counts.
As for Honda sacking Gilles Simon, they were deluded to hire him in the first place, he was from a past era of normally-aspirated engine design in the V10 and V8 era, the track results have shown that he knows nothing about pressure-charged engines, the adaptation of the axial-flow exhaust turbine was a shocker in itself.
If Honda have any sense they will give Mario Illien a call, Ilmor have loads of pressure-charged engine experience from the Indy-car days, and its benefiting their GM IRL program to this day. But there seems an cultural reluctance in Honda to use european consulting companies, this is their overall problem......I'm sure behind the scenes McLaren will be heaping pressure upon Honda so immediately fix the situation.
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