Wouter wrote: ↑08 Dec 2021, 11:45
Honda's head of power unit development Asaki-san said a while ago that they would save the best for the last race(s).
This can only be achieved if the car is optimal. Everything has to be right.
Over the past few weekends with Gasly and Yuki, it was already apparent how good the Honda PU is.
Their car is with the right setup already optimal , so they were able to show everyone the full potential of the Honda PU.
RBR indicates in this Tweet without saying anything that this will now also be the case with RBR.
This cargo box is not from Jeddah. Those from Jeddah were already at the track on Monday.
Wouter wrote: ↑11 Dec 2021, 14:32
west52keep64 wrote: ↑11 Dec 2021, 14:12
Wouter wrote: ↑08 Dec 2021, 11:45
Asaki-san has recently given several interviews, in Japanese and English. He has also said this more than once.
I'd love to give you a link, but it's a lot of work to go back and read all these interviews, to see where he said what.
I'm pretty sure it can be found in the "General Honda F1 Topic". Maybe you can take a look there for yourself.
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I have searched and I can't find anything where Asaki-san says what you described above.
Perhaps you misread it or misquoted it?
As you haven't read or heard the quote recently,
and
are unable to locate it yourself, I suspect this is the most likely scenario and the information is sadly not true.
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It's a shame you're drawing the wrong conclusion here. I can certainly find that interview again, but I simply don't have the time at the moment.
That doesn't mean it isn't true. What I have described is 100% correct, otherwise I would not have mentioned it here.
I'm not going to write nonsense here.
This is the only interview I can find, and he makes no such comments:
https://honda.racing/f1/post/behind-the ... power-unit
The only other relevant thing that pops up in a google search is this thread with your comment!
I'm sorry, but you can't claim to be 100% correct on this unless you can provide something to backup this claim. The reason I ask is my understanding was manufacturers are not allowed to bring performance updates to the engines this year, they are only allowed to make changes for reliability reasons. Therefore, I was interested to understand how they could ship an engine update in those cargo boxes and use it without taking a penalty.