Problematic F1 Cars - 2015 Mclaren MP4-30

The Mclaren-Honda F1 disaster of 2015 is an interesting one! When they originally announced they were going to be leaving Mercedes to get back in bed with legendary engine manufacturer Honda, poised to make their Formula 1 return in 2015 with Mclaren, it sparked a lot of interest. But it may not have went the way everybody thought.

Through pre-season testing accidents with Fernando Alonso, to 4 back to back DNF's, the teams worst scoring season in their history, Honda's terrible reliability and more, there's certainly a lot to talk about.

This was supposed to bring Mclaren back to the top, it was supposed to put Mclaren back onto the podium and back into winning form. What went wrong?

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[tuffmanchannel]

The work that Toro Rosso made with Honda, allowing them to experiment and have demands for the chassis team also helped Honda make great progress during the 2018 season, and that's what convinced Red Bull to go with Honda in 2019.

[angus_bangus]

what’s crazy to me is that honda was PAYING mclaren to have their engines in their cars. Wild.

[finnjb]

Great video as always, goes to show how horrendous the car was if even Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button could only manage 27 points between them. It's good to see how McLaren seem to be back on the up again though, as they did super well in Austria and Silverstone, I think they've now managed to make the car competitive, and as we saw today definitely able to fight for wins in the right conditions. Plus, the Norris + Piastri driver pairing is clearly elite, Alpine lost out with Piastri.

[bassistwithadeathwish]

McLaren are still recovering from this car, despite their race win in 2021, 2022 and the start of 2023 was pretty rough on them. That being said given the day's events (2023 British GP happened on the date this uploaded) hopefully they gain a more stable footing with these new regs

[natelecarde]

Mclaren: “We’re never gonna beat Mercedes with a Mercedes engine.”

Aston Martin: *CHALLENGE ACCEPTED*

[giuseppemaggio]

Mclaren can only blame themselves. By refusing to readapt the sidepods, they severely limited the development margin of the Honda PU

[KilogrammeKG]

The driver were so good they managed to get 20+ points in that shit. Today the last 3-4 teams of the grid can't do it either.

[thechineserussian]

What's crazy is that McLaren didn't send any specs of the chassis to Honda so they had to wing it with the engine size and when both teams found out the engine housing was too small for the engine, McLaren told Honda to rebuild and undersize their engine rather than rework the chassis.

[MikeOxmol_]

I rarely comment on youtube, just want to let you know that your videos are very good. Keep this level of quality and you'll be at 100k subs at no time.

[TheFatSandwhich]

This channel is very underrated. So glad I ran into it. The Problematic cars series is great.

[benrehbeck]

This channel is a gem, keep up the good work!

[TheNoisyBoy]

Love the vid man! Quick note! Fom started striking YouTubers that have F1 in their name might want to avoid that!

[Jackinacox]

I remember watching a documentary on this - when time came to put the engine on the chassis, the mountpoints and screws wouldn't even fit

[Sangheili]

I knew this would be a good car to do a video on, but you blew me away with this one! You’re pretty good at this 😮

[mmonkeyman]

This car was hilarious at the time. They'd be fuel saving from lap 1 and hoping for the darn engine to hold up long enough to just complete.

The first two years of the Hybrid era were hilariously unpredictable outside the podium typically being filled with 2 Merc drivers.

I fully believe if a team showed up with an engine as bad as this today, they'd score zero points all year.

[thatoneguy]

I mean winning teams do stop winning. Just look at McLaren from 2012 to 2013. It can all go away just like that.

[xxxxxxsiu]

Nice video, maybe consider adapting the lighting of your facecam. It seems kind of too bright at times :)

[eddieredmann]

It's also worth noting that in 2014, when McLaren had the *best power unit on the grid, * they barely managed to finish 5th in the constructors' standings and third out of the four Mercedes-powered teams, only 26 points ahead of a Force India team that had something like a quarter of McLaren's development budget.

[LuisYaj]

Alonso lost so many peak years with that horrible McLaren Honda

[kishenpankhania]

The sheer irony of Mclaren currently beating Mercedes in races, using a Mercedes engine.