Honda's engine is certainly ..disappointing, given their history with race engines. I'm sure McLaren are also expressing ..disappointment. I'm sure it was always planned to run them at a conservative tune to at least not blow engines in the early races to avoid heavy penalties towards the end of the year, at least for Button. I'm curious about whether Magnussen was running a higher tune due to his engine count not really mattering (or would it pass onto Alonso?) hence the blow out, but if it was then the qualifying performance is even more of a disaster.

Merc should register an F1 engine building (2014 spec) charity school to help out Renault and Honda. I'm sure it'd be a good tax dodge, and they'll still out perform them this and next year.