Prominent Spanish motorsport figure Joan Villadelprat is backing the combination of McLaren, Honda and Fernando Alonso to succeed in securing the title within just a few years.
Villadelprat believes the pairing of McLaren and Alonso will bring success and says they will have learnt their lessons from 2007 when the Spaniard famously left the team after a single season when he and team principal Ron Dennis fell out.
“I have no doubt the Honda will be a powerful engine, because they have had time to do things well rather than repeat the errors of Renault and Ferrari,” he told El Confidencial.
“I also see the marriage of Alonso and McLaren as more fruitful than the first time.
“To start, this time Fernando is the undisputed number one. Secondly, I think they are both very intelligent and have both learned from the past and forgotten it.”
Villadelprat, who has previously worked for McLaren among several other F1 teams, believes it’s the right time for Alonso to leave Ferrari.
“Fernando needed somewhere to go, Ferrari was not going anywhere, the relationship with Marco Mattiacci is zero,” he added.
“The McLaren option is good because they have taken every experience this year with the Mercedes engines, Honda will have learned from it and with their resources I am convinced it will be a tremendous engine.”
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