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Honda vetoes Alonso/Andretti Indy 500 deal

H
owever, his return last year was with a Chevy-powered McLaren entry due to the breakdown of the McLaren-Honda partnership in Formula 1, with Alonso having been very vocal about the Japanese manufacturer’s deficiencies regarding its power unit.
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Apparently him working for Toyota in the WEC and Dakar was a bigger deal breaker for Honda than his GP2 engine comments..
 
Not very clever of Honda considering the big picture.
Alonso could (could) be a serious contender, I'd be interested to know if the veto is from Japan or Honda US.
Petty politics at play.
:banghead:
 
You can't really say Fernando invested in keeping a good relation with Honda :biggrin-new:.

Cheers,
Huub
 
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