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McLaren-Honda is delighted to
announce its new driver line-up for 2015: Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button.
Kevin Magnussen will remain an important part of the team, as test and reserve
driver.
All three men will play crucial
roles in re-establishing the ascendancy of one of global sport’s most iconic
unions, for McLaren and Honda have already formed one of the most dominant
partnerships in motorsport history: Honda broke new ground in the 1980s by
creating a turbocharged engine that was unparalleled in both its output and its
efficiency, and, between 1988 and 1992, McLaren-Honda won eight world
championships and 44 grands prix, and took 53 pole positions and set 30 fastest
laps, all in just 80 grands prix.
In 1988, the partnership created
arguably the single most successful Formula 1 car of all time: the
all-conquering McLaren-Honda MP4/4, which was driven to victory by Ayrton Senna
and Alain Prost in an amazing 15 of the season’s 16 grands prix.
The lure presented by those same
goals has once again brought the legendary Japanese corporation back to the
pinnacle of global motor racing; and, again, that company, Honda, is developing
its revolutionary new turbocharged engine at its all-new purpose-built
state-of-the-art motorsport facility in Sakura, Japan.
It is against that backdrop that
McLaren and Honda are now committing to rebuilding afresh the strongest
possible partnership in Formula 1.
The aforementioned Ayrton Senna, in
the opinion of many the greatest driver in the history of our sport, won 30 of
the 44 grands prix that McLaren and Honda annexed together between 1988 and
1992. Ayrton once said: “We do not need myths. We need examples to be followed
– examples of courage, determination and hope. We need to believe it is
possible to win, and it is our duty to pursue that belief.”
Everyone at McLaren, and at Honda,
agrees with every word of that inspirational remark, starting with our newly
re-recruited driver, Fernando Alonso.
Fernando Alonso said:
“I have never hidden my deep
admiration for Ayrton Senna, my favourite driver, my idol on track, my
reference.
“I still remember, as a kid, the
posters in my wardrobe, my toy cars in which I dreamed I would one day emulate
Ayrton, and the kart that my father built for my older sister, and that I ended
up falling in love with. That kart had the livery of one of the most legendary
partnerships in the history of Formula 1, McLaren-Honda, the car that Ayrton
drove, the same partnership to which I am now honoured to join, to take part in
the next Formula 1 world championship.
“I am joining this project with
enormous enthusiasm and determination, knowing that it may require some time to
achieve the results we are aiming for, which is no problem for me.
“Over the past year I have received
several offers, some of them really tempting, given the current performance of
some of the teams that showed interest. But, more than a year ago,
McLaren-Honda contacted me and asked me to take part, in a very active way, in
the return of their partnership – a partnership that dominated the Formula 1
scene for so long.
“McLaren-Honda’s repeated and open
desire, perseverance and determination in making it possible for me to join
their exciting renewed partnership, have been some of the main factors that
made me take this decision, not forgetting the most important factor of all: we
share a common objective and expectations, and there is a very solid future,
with confidence, ahead.
“I have had in-depth discussions
with all the senior people at both McLaren and Honda, I have viewed their
fantastic facilities in both the UK and Japan, and it is clear to me that,
together, McLaren and Honda are in the process of beginning what is sure to be
a long and successful partnership. And I intend to give 100% effort to help
make it exactly that.
“Finally, I want to thank the
persistence of those who have fought so hard for this to come true. I will do
everything in my power to deliver for everyone and for our team, based on a
formula that has always worked for me: effort, sacrifice, perseverance and
faith.
“We have time, we have hopes and we
have the necessary resources. Let the legend return: that is our challenge.”
(fonte:McLaren.com)
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Finalmente acabou! Ou melhor, começou...
OH GOD!!! Isso tudo é tão estranho, mas ao mesmo tempo, empolgante... enfim! Preciso assimiliar as coisas... hehehehe
Bjuss, Tati
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