McLaren-Honda has officially announced its new driver line-up for 2015 and many fans will be quite happy to know that Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button will now be driving their cars. The team has also announced that Kevin Magnussen will remain an important part of the team, as test and reserve driver. Fans will be even more delighted to know that McLaren and Honda are rebuilding one of the world’s most successful Formula 1 teams. The same partnership between these two car makers has already formed one of the most dominant partnerships in motorsport history. Honda broke new ground in the 1980s by creating a turbocharged engine that was unparalleled in both its output and its efficiency, and, between 1988 and 1992, McLaren-Honda won eight world championships and 44 grands prix, and took 53 pole positions and set 30 fastest laps, all in just 80 grand prix races.
Fernando Alonso himself said, “Over the past year I have received several offers, some of them really tempting, given the current performance of some of the teams that showed interest. But, more than a year ago, McLaren-Honda contacted me and asked me to take part, in a very active way, in the return of their partnership – a partnership that dominated the Formula 1 scene for so long.”
