They've done really well on all fronts. I'm excited to see the progress Honda has made over the break and it certainly sounds good, the noise we know but it sounds a little tighter. If everything we've heard is true, they'll be right towards the front. Mercedes have made similar rumblings of a gain though, so Melbourne can't come soon enough to see.PlatinumZealot wrote: ↑15 Feb 2020, 18:13Best looking car. Best looking race suit. Best sounding engine. Congrats!
Yes on Renault side, they already declared they focused mainly to improve reliability, not much in performance.GhostF1 wrote: ↑17 Feb 2020, 02:42They've done really well on all fronts. I'm excited to see the progress Honda has made over the break and it certainly sounds good, the noise we know but it sounds a little tighter. If everything we've heard is true, they'll be right towards the front. Mercedes have made similar rumblings of a gain though, so Melbourne can't come soon enough to see.PlatinumZealot wrote: ↑15 Feb 2020, 18:13Best looking car. Best looking race suit. Best sounding engine. Congrats!
I risked lurking in the Renault/McLaren threads and saw in the McLaren thread (which unfortunately still has a whiff of f**k Honda about it) that Taffin claimed a 0.1 improvement in race pace, with minimal quali performance gain for Renault. So likely reliability improvements were the focus for the winter (probably a good idea). Oh and apparently Honda is "languishing in last and by far sounds the worst"... I knew I couldn't go over there without seeing some passive aggressive nonsense.
When Renault thinks that they has more power than merc, if they are serious with that statement... Their Challenge is reliability.Jambier wrote: ↑17 Feb 2020, 09:09Yes on Renault side, they already declared they focused mainly to improve reliability, not much in performance.GhostF1 wrote: ↑17 Feb 2020, 02:42They've done really well on all fronts. I'm excited to see the progress Honda has made over the break and it certainly sounds good, the noise we know but it sounds a little tighter. If everything we've heard is true, they'll be right towards the front. Mercedes have made similar rumblings of a gain though, so Melbourne can't come soon enough to see.PlatinumZealot wrote: ↑15 Feb 2020, 18:13Best looking car. Best looking race suit. Best sounding engine. Congrats!
I risked lurking in the Renault/McLaren threads and saw in the McLaren thread (which unfortunately still has a whiff of f**k Honda about it) that Taffin claimed a 0.1 improvement in race pace, with minimal quali performance gain for Renault. So likely reliability improvements were the focus for the winter (probably a good idea). Oh and apparently Honda is "languishing in last and by far sounds the worst"... I knew I couldn't go over there without seeing some passive aggressive nonsense.
I'm surprise even if it is Renault to have that kind of declaration... they are really expecting nothing for 2020
Back to Honda, Spec 4 2019 was a huge gap, so I expect a little gain for spec 1 2020, but still a gain, and through the year a top notch reliability + power gains
But I fear a bit Mercedes that seems to have an all new engine with really big progress in order to be back at the front on engine side
During the test weeks we can't see at all who has the better engine or whole package.
As far as I'm concerned, will you take a good look at that next week? RBR needs a better mechanical grip.