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Alonso: Starting "from zero" each year key to Honda downfall

Fernando Alonso says "starting from zero" every year was the main reason for Honda's failure to deliver a competitive Formula 1 engine for McLaren. The Woking-based team joined forces with Honda for the start of the 2015 season but, after three frustrating years, McLaren decided to part ways at the end of 2017 to switch to Renault power units. McLaren's spell with Honda has been full of reliability problems during pre-season testing, something Alonso reckons was key to the Japanese manufacturer failing to deliver a competitive engine. "I think the biggest problems we faced in the last three years was winter testing, because we came to the next season, and we started from...
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