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If Honda can change their contract with McLaren, so as to let other teams use their engines, they will increase their development hugely. I think Honda are not so far away from a break through. Red Bull are really looking strong though, despite being underpowered.
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Isn't their partnership meant to be an exclusive deal though? I quite like how they're the only works team with this arrangement but if Honda becoming a supplier for x teams means they make big improvements, that would be good as well. How much of McHonda's problems are down to McLaren's size zero design affecting the engine etc? I don't really know how much the whole package differs to what other teams are doing though.
I do think they will get there eventually. Honda have done this before, they can clearly build winning engines but the last two seasons have been a case of R&D in the public gaze.
Well_is_it
When Ferrari management aren't fucking up, their mechanics come to the rescue :)
Hopefully the new rules for 2017 will mean Mercedes won't be phoning it in every race (not to diminish the what they've achieved but it just doesn't make great viewing). Expect red bull will probably do well with the new aero rules and hopefully McHonda will be up on power by then as well.
Maybe some of the customer teams will be surprising.