Honda have confirmed they are working on a new power unit for partner McLaren as it bids to rescue its season and close the performance gap to its rivals. Whilst the season only got underway in Australia this week, its clear that Honda's new power unit isn't delivering the reliability or power needed for McLaren to mix it amongst the top ten, with Fernando Alonso 2.3 seconds adrift in second practice. Although reliability looks to have been improved compared to pre-season testing when the team managed very little running and were forced to change the power unit eight times, performance is still a major issue. The aim of the new unit is to improve the overall power output, but...
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