Honda vetoes Alonso/Andretti Indy 500 deal
Results 1 to 4 of 4

Thread: Honda vetoes Alonso/Andretti Indy 500 deal

  1. February 2nd, 2020, 08:38 #1
    Panther_99FS
    Panther_99FS is offline
    Retired SOH Administrator
    Join Date
    Jun 2005
    Location
    KSKF
    Age
    60
    Posts
    13,521

    Lightbulb Honda vetoes Alonso/Andretti Indy 500 deal

    https://racer.com/2020/02/02/honda-v...XaKzP9mQszjWqU
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  2. February 3rd, 2020, 07:42 #2
    Ferry_vO
    Ferry_vO is offline
    Retired SOH Administrator Ferry_vO's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2005
    Location
    Zeist, Netherlands
    Age
    47
    Posts
    9,071
    H
    owever, his return last year was with a Chevy-powered McLaren entry due to the breakdown of the McLaren-Honda partnership in Formula 1, with Alonso having been very vocal about the Japanese manufacturer’s deficiencies regarding its power unit.
    Apparently him working for Toyota in the WEC and Dakar was a bigger deal breaker for Honda than his GP2 engine comments..
    Intel i9-13900 Raptor Lake , Be Quiet! Dark rock slim cooler, 32 Gb Corsair DDR5 RAM, MSI Z790 Tomahawk motherboard, Asus RTX 4060Ti 16Gb, Thermaltake 1050 Watt PSU, Windows 11 64-bit 1 m2, 4 SSD, 2 HDD.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  3. February 3rd, 2020, 18:01 #3
    wombat666
    wombat666 is offline
    Senior Administrator wombat666's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2005
    Location
    Southern Ocean
    Posts
    8,633
    Not very clever of Honda considering the big picture.
    Alonso could (could) be a serious contender, I'd be interested to know if the veto is from Japan or Honda US.
    Petty politics at play.
    "Illegitimum non carborundum".

    Phanteks Enthoo Evolv X D-RGB Tempered Glass ATX Galaxy Silver
    Intel Core i9 10980XE Extreme Edition X
    ASUS ROG Rampage VI Extreme Encore MB
    Corsair Vengeance LPX 128GB (8x16GB), PC4-30400 (3800MHz) DDR4
    Corsair iCUE H100i ELITE CAPELLIX White Liquid CPU Cooler, 240mm Radiator, 2x ML120 RGB PWM Fans
    Samsung 4TB SSD, 860 PRO Series, 2.5" SATA III x4
    Corsair 1600W Titanium Series AX1600i Power Supply, 80 PLUS Titanium,
    ASUS 43inch ROG Swift 4K UHD G-Sync VA Gaming Monitor, 3840x2160, HDR 1000, 1ms, 144Hz,
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  4. February 4th, 2020, 05:58 #4
    huub vink
    huub vink is offline
    Senior Administrator huub vink's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2005
    Location
    Noordwijk, The Netherlands (EHVB)
    Age
    65
    Posts
    10,312
    You can't really say Fernando invested in keeping a good relation with Honda .

    Cheers,
    Huub
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
« This Weekend! | One aggressive paint job »

Members who have read this thread: 0

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  

Forum Rules