Alonso says McLaren now 3rd chassis, Honda to bring 2 updates in Canada and Spa.

Forgot to say it's in German, from google translate:

The shape curve of McLaren Mercedes shows uphill. However, in small increments. Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button start when GP Spain from places 10 and 12. For the first time this year, so there is a car of the second oldest Formula 1 teams in the top ten. The track layout was contrary to the McLaren MP4-31. The motor does not play the decisive role in Barcelona. Fernando Alonso classified its leap into Q3 as a small step in the right direction. "It's a milestone. The next must be to regularly finish in the points, then the podium. Our way is not very true ups and downs, but the general direction." Barcelona is noisy Alonso a course that shows the strengths and weaknesses of a car well: "There are all kinds of curves, but there is also a long straight where you see what your car can.." At the end of the home straight missing the McLaren pilots 12 km / h on the fastest cars. At the finish line it is only 7 km / h. This is consistent with the analysis of team boss Eric Boullier: "We are losing mostly to the second half of the line time." This is engine power and a little air resistance. Honda -Rennleiter Yusuke Hasegawa promises improvement. In Canada, the first step is to come, in Spa the second. With the chassis McLaren wanted to be number 1 in Barcelona actually. So Alonso it had announced at the winter testing. The Spaniard corrected himself: "Right now we have the third best chassis This is the respective third sector in Sochi and here as only Mercedes and Red Bull are faster than we Ferrari, Williams and Force India are behind us...." In fact, Alonso was 29.198 seconds with just four tenths slower than Lewis Hamilton and two-tenths as Daniel Ricciardo. Where it is lacking? "We need more mechanical grip." For Boullier the formula is simple: "More power means more downforce."

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