05 May 2015

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Honda: 2015 podium still on the cards

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<strong> NOT ON THE BUTTON: </strong> Jenson Button's Honda-powered McLaren F1 car has not lived up to its expectations in 2015. <em>Image: AP / Miguel Morenatti. </em>
<strong> NOT ON THE BUTTON: </strong> Jenson Button's Honda-powered McLaren F1 car has not lived up to its expectations in 2015. <em>Image: AP / Miguel Morenatti. </em>

TOKYO, Japan - Honda is not yet abandoning the idea of powering the McLaren Formula 1 team to the winner's podium in 2015.

McLaren-Honda, amid all the hype about the reunion of the two ultra-successful names in F1, has struggled so far in 2015 but the MP4-30 has made significant progress since the Melbourne season-opener and driver Fernando Alonso has suggested Q3 and a points finish might be a realistic target for his home race in Barcelona this weekend (May 10).

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