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Alonso: McLaren still in ‘winter testing’

 XPB Images Fernando Alonso likens McLaren-Honda’s situation to being in “winter testing”, after he and team-mate Jenson Button had to retire with the same technical problem during last Sunday's Singapore Grand Prix. Coming off two tough outings at power-sensitive Spa and Monza, the British team and its Japanese engine partner entered the Marina Bay weekend with higher hopes only to register their fourth double DNF this year. But Alonso insists these are only teething troubles and the logical consequences of McLaren-Honda’s slow start to its 2015 campaign. “The gearbox overheated, which caused some kind of failure,” said the Spaniard. “We had the same problem on...
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