Eddie Jordan criticized McLaren on the BBC after the British GP. The owner of the Jordan team, who competed for 15 seasons in the Formula 1 World Championship, blames both the team and Honda for the disappointing season for Woking: "You can't say that Honda is a disaster, McLaren is also to blame. They are a shadow of themselves since, arrogantly, they claimed that Hamilton would regret the day he left McLaren. Look how he has bounced back. That arrogance is at the heart of McLaren, anyone who thinks it's only because of the engine is fooling themselves. The engine is largely to blame, but there are many more problems out there."
Ron Dennis, head of McLaren, responded minutes later in a chat with Sky: "I see Formula 1 as a family and families live in villages. Villages always have a village idiot, and he fits in perfectly there. He's disconnected from reality," he said.
He insisted that the MP4-30 is a fast car: "It's a challenge, we focus on the data all the time and the performance of our car is more than good. It's hard to believe, but we're improving on aerodynamics this year more than any other. The progress is in the performance of the chassis, it's a big challenge with our partners at Honda. They are struggling with reliability as well as performance. When reliability becomes an issue, I'm afraid performance suffers."
"Honda has great resources and is putting them into action. Obviously we have big discussions with them, of course they don't like this. Painful? Of course, but we have to use the pain as a force for motivation. It's a challenge, with the support of a company like Honda, I believe it's possible to win the Championship," he comments.
Driver changes for 2016? "Jenson has a two-year contract, we're not thinking of changing drivers. They know that the car is really fast in the corners, in many of them, everyone in Formula 1 knows this. It's disappointing for fans and sponsors, but we know we will come back. We want to win and we must take the necessary steps to do so." "We will be much more competitive in the future races."