However, it was Button who claimed the points after Alonso retired. The 2016 Spanish Grand Prix saw McLaren eventually making it into the top ten in qualifying for the first time since the 2014 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, with Alonso in tenth. Alonso finished in sixth place and Button in ninth. However, in a race of attrition, both cars benefited from turn one incidents to have a clean race, with both cars finishing well inside the points, just the second time since the renewed partnership between McLaren and Honda. The Russian race saw both cars failing to make it into Q3, extending that barren run to 23 races. Both the cars once again comfortably made it into Q2, albeit not Q3 but then had an uninspiring race to get two cars to the finish line for the first time outside the points, despite Alonso at one time running third. However, Vandoorne did have the honours of picking up McLaren's first point by finishing tenth, including a notable overtake on the Force India of former McLaren driver Sergio Pérez.Īlonso then returned for the Chinese Grand Prix. During the race, Button was on course for a good result, however unreliability struck him once again, retiring after just eight laps with an engine problem. Both cars once again made it to Q2 easily. In Bahrain, the team fielded reserve driver Stoffel Vandoorne to replace the injured Alonso. With a few cars in front of him making a free change of tyres as a result of the red flag, Button struggled through to finish 14th. Button's race was badly affected because of this, as the red flag was shown after he had made a pit stop. His car was totally wrecked and Alonso suffered from broken ribs and a collapsed lung, ruling him out of the next race in Bahrain. However, the race was a disappointment as Alonso was involved in an accident with Haas's Esteban Gutiérrez which caused Alonso's car to barrel roll a few times before landing upside down. McLaren showed progress with the car by qualifying 12th and 13th. The MP4-31 is the final McLaren to use the "MP4" prefix following CEO Ron Dennis's departure from the team, and also final McLaren car to use ExxonMobil fuel and lubricant since the transfer of ExxonMobil sponsorship to Red Bull Racing in 2017.Īfter a generally much better pre-season in terms of reliability than the year before, the team headed to the 2016 Australian Grand Prix with progress made to the Honda power unit. The car used the Honda RA616H power unit, the second engine developed by Honda since their return to the sport with McLaren in 2015. The car was driven by 20 World Drivers' Champion Fernando Alonso and 2009 World Champion Jenson Button, and reserve driver Stoffel Vandoorne, who replaced Alonso at the Bahrain Grand Prix following the Spaniard's accident at the Australian Grand Prix which deemed him unfit for the next event. The McLaren MP4-31 is a Formula One racing car designed by McLaren to compete in the 2016 Formula One season. Pirelli P Zero dry slick and Pirelli Cinturato treaded intermediate and wet tyresĪP Racing electro-hydraulically operated, carbon multi-plate McLaren Applied Technologies 8-speed + 1 reverse sequential seamless semi-automatic paddle shift with epicyclic differential and multi-plate limited slip clutchħ02 kg (1,548 lb) including driver but excluding fuelĮsso Synergy and Mobil High Performance Unleaded (5.75% bio fuel)Īkebono brake-by-wire carbon discs with steel calipers Kinetic and thermal energy recovery systems Honda RA616H 1.6 L (98 cu in) direct injection (jointly developed and supplied by Honda and Hitachi) V6 turbocharged engine, limited to 15,000 rpm in a mid-mounted, rear-wheel drive layout Guillaume Cattelani (Head of Aerodynamics)Ĭarbon-fibre wishbone, pushrod suspension elements with inboard torsion bars and damper system ( KONI dampers, springs and shock absorbers)Ĭarbon-fibre wishbone, pullrod suspension elements with inboard torsion bars and damper system ( KONI dampers, springs and shock absorbers)ģ,520 mm (139 in) with -/+25 mm (0.9843 in) adjustable by adjusting the toe depending on circuit layout The McLaren MP4-31, driven by Fernando Alonso, during the 2016 Malaysian Grand Prix
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