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Honda F1 boss Toyoharu Tanabe said the Japanese company was encouraged by earning second on the road with one of its cars on a day when all four finished in the points.
"The result on paper is the result," he told Motorsport.com. "So we're a little disappointed. Max's race today encouraged our engineers very much – not only engineers, but also some supporters. We're happy to have a good race for all four Honda cars.
https://www.grandprix247.com/2019/05/28 ... h-mclaren/After the weekend in Monaco, Toyoharu Tanabe indicated that updates will keep rolling out of the factory, “Now, we take a break from Europe and head to Montreal. The track there is very different to this one, so we will be working hard on our PU development before going to Canada.”
The WDC is gone unless both Mercedes are banned for the rest of the season. Honda pushing development and introducing new developments at the expense of a penalty at say monza is not a bad idea. They are already well clear of whomever will place fourth in the championship and they will want to push for second.
Modular design allows for incremental component changes. If IHI can bring forth changes that are limited to turbo charger internals and Honda continues on with their ancillary improvements, penalties will be taken on the tracks that will benefit from the upgrade. Montreal might be ideal, but not all drivers will get the upgrades at the same time. Toro Rosso was the guinea pig, but they have already taken more units than Red Bull and Max is keen to get the upgrades first and steer the development.
With no MGU-K failures and no DNFs too. No burning bodywork or gear ratio issues either. All thanks to Red Bull for convincing Honda to stay and let them do things the Honda way. I must say that bringing on Tanabe and Asaki has worked wonders.mclaren113 wrote: ↑29 May 2019, 12:40Honda for the 5th season they're taking penalties for upgrading their PUwhat an achievement
You forget that soon a spec 3 will be used. That will also have a major upgrade, I assume.
Every engine upgrade is very welcome. But there is something making mercedes so good we don't know. Everybody says that Ferrari has best Engine but They are not faster than Redbull or slightly faster at some tracks. So let's assume with that upgrade Honda get same level with Ferrari. Can we say that Redbull will go ahead of mercedes?
RB had a whole year to go to Honda engines, McLaren had several months in emergency mode, the comparison is not correct. What prevented to attract Honda, Tanabe and Asaki earlier, why it was necessary to bring the matter to the distance?