I wonder just how competitive Honda would have been if they had one of the top drivers on their team? Looking back at qualifying in 2008 they weren't able to break into the top ten on grid. Qualifying times separated by less than 1 second pretty consistently covered the top ten cars. Honda was typically in the 11th to 16th position sometimes less than .7 of a second off the pace. They were, however, able to keep their cars running to the end in more than half the races. Could have Hamilton, Raikkonen, Massa or Kovalainen closed up that gap and put Honda on a podium?
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