Honda has denied that one of its engineers admitted the Japanese manufacturer is unlikely to power McLaren to race victories this year and will struggle to do so in 2016.
An engineer by the name of Ryo Mukumoto was quoted by the Spanish newspaper Marca this week as answering "No" when asked if McLaren-Honda will win races in 2015.
"And next year it will also be difficult," he reportedly added.
Honda hit back at the news, saying it was "surprised" to read the quotes at "a supposedly reputable Spanish website".
"Mr Mukomoto has not worked on our Formula 1 project," the spokesperson told us, "nor has he done an interview with the website concerned, or with any other international media."
"The quotes that have been erroneously attributed to him are inaccurate, and we regard it as a shame that our engineer has been incorrectly exposed in this way."
The spokesman added that, as a result of the published quotes, both Honda and Mukomoto have received "angry fan mail, which is regrettable and unfair".
In 2011 Honda made 22 year old Mukomoto the youngest lead engineer in the company’s history.
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