F1 | Boullier: “Alonso wants to solve the problem with the engine immediately”
McLaren sporting director attacks Honda: "They try to build a competitive power unit, but they don't have a Formula 1 culture"
The season for the team McLaren It didn't exactly start off in the best way. Despite the adults problems and high expectations for this year, things in the Barcelona tests did not go exactly as they wanted and this meant a return to the problems of 2015. However, both the CEO Zak Brown is Eric boullier they are optimistic about the future of the team and, knowing that they have big problems, they promised all the fans that they will make every effort to solve everything soon.
Boullier he fears that the main problem is with the engine Sling, and he takes it out on the Japanese company: “They try to build a competitive power unit, but they don't have a culture of formula 1. They are a very large and successful company and they have their own way of doing things. Designing it in Japan is a great challenge and for this reason the Mercedes decided to move in England: you need to be fast with development, in motion, as fast as F1 is.", the Frenchman told the British newspaper Express.
Looking to Fernando Alonso's future, Boullier said he has not yet spoken to the Spaniard about his possible departure from the British team: “We haven't discussed anything yet, but I can say he has never been so well prepared. He wants to solve the engine problems and already wants to know what the next steps will be, he is very involved,” he declared.
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