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Formula One drivers Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button discuss McLaren-Honda alliance.

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SOUNDBITE: (English) Fernando Alonso, McLaren-Honda:
"Well I think working with Honda has been always very attractive to me after the successful partnership that they had in the 80's. Obviously I was a child at that time so I saw a lot of McLaren-Honda victories. I feel very privileged. Obviously this is the partnership with which they dominate Formula One in the past and now they have their commitment to do the same, the passion for motor racing and this is something that we all share. We all want to repeat the victories and the domination they had and we are working for that."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Jenson Button, McLaren-Honda:
"This is the most difficult question: what is the goal for our season. Our first aim I think for the first race is to finish and gain lots of experience. We are not going to win the first race you know. We probably won't be on the podium in the first race. We knew that it was going to be a difficult start to the season. ~every other team and every other manufacturer has experience of working with these power units. Our aim is to improve throughout the year."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Fernando Alonso, McLaren-Honda:
"You know the goal is to win the Championship. We are here for winning and it is not easy but we like the challenge also because of that - because it is very tough. You know, with the maximum technology that we have now in Formula One it is a nice challenge to achieve if we can do it together with Honda."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Fernando Alonso, McLaren-Honda:
"We need to see how competitive we are first. We just did one test and we were not running with the full potential of the car. Testing..the first days of the car but once we have the full potential, once we are in the second or third race of the Championship and we see how fast we are then we will put a target for this first year."