Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel is certain McLaren’s run of poor form will come to an end, with the four-time champion believing they could even challenge for the title in 2016.
The British outfit has endured a tough start to the 2015 season, mostly in part because of Honda’s struggles with its power unit which, despite a recent upgrade, can’t match its rivals performance.
“I think they have the resources to be [competitive in 2016],” Vettel told Marca when asked if he could see McLaren challenging at the front.
“McLaren are one of F1’s big guns. I think they had the best car as recently as in 2012.
“Honda are capable of supplying them with a really powerful engine, so I believe they can get back on track.”
Meanwhile driver Fernando Alonso is confident things will improve in Singapore, whilst next season will be completely different.
“We have the right experience from all the parts to make this [struggle] as short as possible hopefully, and I am happy with the progress,” said the Spaniard.
“The starting point was maybe too low and not mature enough, but we are getting there. Unfortunately Spa and probably Monza will not show much of the progress we saw in Hungary where we were more or less top ten in all the sessions.
“Hopefully we can see something similar in Singapore or the next races. For future races or next year things will look completely different.”
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