McLaren's troubled MP4-30 suffered another Honda engine failure at Monday's Pirelli tire test, ahead of its planned retirement from Formula 1.McLaren is one of three teams helping Pirelli conduct wet-tire testing at the Paul Ricard circuit over two days this week, along with Ferrari and Red Bull. All three teams...

GP2 championship leader Stoffel Vandoorne (pictured) will get his first taste of the 2015 McLaren when he takes part in next week's in-season Formula 1 test at Austria's Red Bull Ring. The Belgian will drive the MP4-30 on Wednesday, taking over from Fernando Alonso who will have the chance to...

Ferrari and Honda have both opted to use some of the Formula 1 engine upgrade tokens available to them ahead of this weekend's Canadian Grand Prix.A technical directive issued by Charlie Whiting to all the teams confirms Ferrari has used three tokens and Honda two. The upgraded Honda power unit...

Fernando Alonso has revealed how he would have preferred to be a Formula 1 driver in the 1980s, when his hero Ayrton Senna was racing.The double F1 world champion recently drove an ex-Senna McLaren-Honda MP4/4, as part of a promotional campaign for McLaren sponsor TAG Heuer.McLaren ran the dominant 1988...

In the months ahead of the launch of the McLaren MP4-30, there was a huge amount of speculation surrounding the technology of the new Honda Formula 1 engine. It's been a troubled start so far, with pre-season testing a disaster and McLaren battling to make up ground in the early...

Related StoriesJenson Button is adamant that McLaren-Honda is the team best able to topple Formula 1 dominator Mercedes in the long term.McLaren suffered a poor beginning to the 2015 season, with Kevin Magnussen unable to start the Australian Grand Prix after his Honda engine hit trouble before the race and...

McLaren Racing and iRacing.com have announced plans to create a digital version of the 2015 McLaren Formula 1 car for iRacing's popular online motorsports game. iRacing's version of the McLaren-Honda MP4-30, featuring virtual Kinetic Energy Recovery and Drag Reduction System, will join the McLaren MP4-12C GT3 and more than 50...

Fernando Alonso is unsure whether the McLaren-Honda Formula 1 team will be "completely ready" for the first race of 2015, because of reliability dramas that have blighted its pre-season testing.Various problems have delayed the MP4-30 throughout the first six days of pre-season running, leading McLaren racing director Eric Boullier to...

Related StoriesNew Ferrari signing Sebastian Vettel topped the first day of 2015 Formula 1 testing at Jerez on Sunday. (Larger image gallery below.)The four-time F1 world champion first moved to the top of the times in the afternoon with a short run, returning to the track after a long delay...

McLaren has unveiled its new Formula 1 car as it enters a fresh era with Japanese engine manufacturer Honda. Images of the new MP4-30 were released on Thursday, ahead of the car hitting the track for the first time at Jerez in Spain on Sunday.The team hopes that progress in...