Yusuke Hasegawa admitted seeing Fernando Alonso and Stoffel Vandoorne fail to break into the top ten for the final Japanese Grand Prix for the McLaren Honda partnership was disappointing, with the Spaniard finishing eleventh and the Belgian fourteenth on Sunday. Honda’s Head of F1 Project and Executive Chief Engineer felt Alonso in particular had the pace to score points but he had been left with too much to do following a grid penalty for an engine change, and he was left less than a second behind tenth placed Felipe Massa at the chequered flag. “It was disappointing that we were unable to finish in the points in our final home Grand Prix as McLaren Honda,” said Hasegawa....
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