McLaren's 'Problematic' Formula 1 Season Could Affect '16 Development

McLaren Racing Dir Eric Boullier "accepts the team's problematic Formula 1 season with Honda will soon start having an impact" on its '16 plans, according to Glenn Freeman of AUTOSPORT. The team has only "scored points once this season, and it is coming off the back of two particularly troublesome weekends" in Canada and Austria. While Boullier "remains adamant the McLaren-Honda project is making progress, he is aware that its poor campaign could soon have knock-on effects for next year" too. Boullier: "I'm not sure it does impact much on next year yet, but soon -- very soon -- it will. This year we have missed a lot of track time, especially in winter testing and in the races as well. Any laps you miss is obviously a deficit -- you create your own deficit." With Honda "continuing to struggle to make its F1 engine reliable, McLaren is often having to delay fully-focusing on chasing performance to help its partner" (AUTOSPORT, 6/24).