Fernando Alonso thinks Honda is currently ahead of where Mercedes at the same stage of its own V6 project and remains confident of returning to the front of the grid next season.Honda has clearly made improvements this season and in recent races McLaren been a regular fixture in the Q3 shootout. The Japanese manufacturer has been playing catch-up after joining the V6 turbo in 2015, a year later than Mercedes, Ferrari and Renault.Alonso thinks that a comparison between Hondas current position and Mercedes last year could show the Japanese manufacturer to be ahead.When asked what he was doing to push Honda forward, he joked: Apart from punch them I cannot do anything more! I am trying to push everyone. I am aware of their hard work and I understand that they are doing their best. They are working 24 hours in Sakura, they are bringing all their knowledge from people, but unfortunately in F1 there isnt a magic button you can touch from one day to the other you can reach a certain level.If you can imagine we are in our second year, if you see the power we have, the deployment we have and the reliability we have, I dont think there have been many teams in this position in their second season, maybe Mercedes and we are maybe ahead of Mercedes in the second year. I am impressed with what Honda is doing with the little time they had. The biggest problem was the starting point, we were a bit behind last year.?Alonso also used 2015 to illustrate why McLaren is happy with its current form, saying the troubles he and teammate Jenson Button encountered show just how far it has come in a year.It has changed a lot I think we are definitely moving forward and in the right direction. 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NAIROBI, Kenya -- A magistrate ruled Wednesday that Kenyas track and field manager can be held for 28 days while police investigate allegations that he helped cover up doping for cash.Michael Rotich was sent home from the Rio de Janeiro Olympics by Kenyan authorities after the British newspaper The Sunday Times reported allegations that he agreed to take a 10,000-pound ($13,000) bribe in exchange for helping athletes beat doping tests.Police initially asked that he be held for seven days, but they later requested a longer period in order to complete their investigation.In issuing the order, magistrate Christine Njagi called doping a serious offense that needed to be investigated.Prosecutor Duncan Ondimu told Njagi that Rotich was arrested Tuesday at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport upon his arrival from Brazil, and police have not had time to conduct and conclude their inquiry.Rotichs lawyer, Ham Lagat, said the evidence against his client is not strong enough.It is tenuous, it is whimsical evidence, Lagat said. 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