McLaren F1's Zak Brown Stands Behind Decision To Part Ways With Honda

McLaren Formula 1 Exec Dir Zak Brown said that McLaren team management will look "silly" if Honda takes a huge step forward in '18, according to GMM. After three years of "struggling" with the Japanese brand, McLaren dumped Honda and "will be powered by customer Renault engines" beginning in '18. Honda "may already be turning the corner." McLaren driver Stoffel Vandoorne said that Malaysia was "my best performance since I was in F1," after qualifying and racing his McLaren-Honda to seventh. Brown said, "Obviously if Honda starts to win in 2018 and we're not, we will look silly. But I think everyone has to make their decisions and then accept the outcome. I think the moment you make any decision, there is always an element of, 'What if I'm wrong?' ... We have to look forward and not back" (GMM, 10/3).