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Alonso to get token-upgraded Honda at Sochi

Honda has brought a new engine specification to Russia, Auto Motor und Sport reports. Correspondent Michael Schmidt said the power unit makes use of the struggling Japanese manufacturer's final 4 in-season ‘tokens' for 2015. The engine will reportedly be fitted only to Fernando Alonso's McLaren at Sochi, resulting in the Spaniard needing to move to the back of the grid. But that is just part of the 'acute pain' that McLaren and Honda are going through at present, as explained by team supremo Ron Dennis recently at Suzuka. 'We have tried to move forward faster and that has affected reliability and made the whole thing more challenging,' Dennis had said. 'But this very acute pain we...
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