ispano6 wrote: ↑08 Jan 2022, 18:00
KAIZEN wrote: ↑08 Jan 2022, 09:21
The video of burning is probably the early one.
The new engine has been researched by a separate team since 2018.
Even if you know the idea, you don't have enough research time to get the same effect.
Honda's strength lies in its MotoGP-derived plating process.
Yes, I have been saying this for a while regarding kumasei mekki. Kakuda has pointed this out a number of times, and a number of members here have mentioned "it's nothing special", though Kakuda has said it was newly developed specifically for the F1 use. The individual responsible for developing it was in the previous NHK video, but I forget his name.
Also the NHK on demand video is not available outside of Japan, so you need a VPN that will mask you to be in Japan.
It's special, but others have special coatings too.
Mercedes has been playing around with HCCI combustion processes for 30 years, they very well could have a solution as well, especially if their thermal efficiencies are anywhere near what they have said to the media about.
Honda has always been fantastic in that they are a proud engineering driven company who are usually pretty open, but they aren't the only ones out there that are doing what they do (they just don't advertise it). Not getting lost in fanboi'ism allows one to see what's going on elsewhere and (hopefully) learn from it.