Honda’s motorsport chief has portrayed former champions McLaren as too ‘systematic’ and set in their ways as the Formula 1 partners prepare to separate at the end of the season. a partnership that endured three years of misery. McLaren are ninth of 10 teams in the constructors’ championship and have directed much of the blame at Honda, whose engine has suffered embarrassing failures and is no match for rivals. “Working with McLaren, I’ve realised that they are a very big company which is very systematic,” Masashi Yamamoto said in an interview published on the Honda website. “It’s obviously very strong because of that but at the same time they can find it hard to adapt to...
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