5 Team Profiles at the F1 Spanish Grand Prix 2015

Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari locks his brakes at the Bahrain GP 2015

#2 McLaren-Honda

Jenson Button of McLaren-Honda at the 2015 Bahrain GP

Despite counting former World Champions Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button in their ranks, McLaren have had a mediocre beginning to their 2015 campaign, languishing in the ninth spot in the Constructor's championships.

After having declared that Mc Laren would be the last team he would race for, much was expected of Alonso. Unfortunately, the Spaniard hasn't quite delivered the promises as of yet and his lacklustre performances have certainly had a damaging impact on the team in totality.

His partner Jenson Button has also not had the best of starts to his campaign, having finished last at the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne and 14th in Shanghai and even failing to start in the last race in Bahrain. He also faced issues in practice sessions, and Honda, according to regulation, are disallowed from developing their engines in 2015.

While it is still early days in the annual racing season, McLaren’s track record so far has not been a good sign of things to come.

Quick Links

App download animated image Get the free App now