Exclusive Eric Boullier Q&A: McLaren-Honda potential ‘huge’

McLaren’s renewed partnership with Honda began in earnest on Tuesday as the team’s developmental MP4-29H/1X1 machine, featuring the Japanese company’s 2015 power unit, made its official track debut in Abu Dhabi.

There were the predictable teething troubles – test driver Stoffel Vandoorne completed just three laps – but as McLaren racing director Eric Boullier points out, systems checks are the test’s primary aim and it is behind the scenes that the real progress is happening