Honda F1 project leader Yusuke Hasegawa has outlined a number of reasons why Honda has been struggling so badly in the beginning of the 2017 Formula One season. He confirmed that lots of problems were not discovered while running on the dynamo meter.
You're not off to a great start at F1Tmzso wrote:I doubt it. Most people just watch and know the teams, drivers. People tend to project what they now to everyone though.xpensive wrote: WTF, you're a funny guy, but I think most of those interested in F1 knows what MHPE stands for, just like FIA and once BRM.
Although I guessed the Mercedes part.
I doubt it. Honda were never fully behind the endurance racing, I guess (rightly so) it did not appeal to them. They had a half hearted programme with the american le mans series but not a full fledged attack on the LMP 1 24 hour race. I am also not sure of endurance racing popularity in Japan, Toyota and Nissan could be wasting their time.xpensive wrote:At times I find it difficult to see Honda's incentives for spending gazillions on a hybrid engine for F1, why I suspect a much wider agenda here, which obviously would be developing systems for a Le Mans assault together with McLaren?
Maybe gathering more experience with EV/hybrid tech is worth it.xpensive wrote:At times I find it difficult to see Honda's incentives for spending gazillions on a hybrid engine for F1, why I suspect a much wider agenda here, which obviously would be developing systems for a Le Mans assault together with McLaren?
Did toyota follow honda or was it the other way around in CART and F1.xpensive wrote:Just that Honda and Toyota typically follows eachother, CART and F1, how would Le Mans be any different
We'll if you mean Judd from Rugby, England ... Then yes, YAMAHA!!xpensive wrote:... but Toyota was already in F1 with Yamaha as proxy before Honda came back with BAR.
They already have a Le Mans program, and the a Le Mans powertrain is quite different from an F1 powertrain. Partnering with Mclaren's F1 program is a very expensive and roundabout way of getting into LMP1.xpensive wrote:At times I find it difficult to see Honda's incentives for spending gazillions on a hybrid engine for F1, why I suspect a much wider agenda here, which obviously would be developing systems for a Le Mans assault together with McLaren?
I wouldn't call it half hearted. It's not the same scale as Toyota or Audi, but it's not like they're not trying. It's no more half hearted than any other manufacturer producing customer cars for LMP2. And their program wasn't limited to ALMS; over the years several teams have run Honda chassis/engines in LMP1 and LMP2 in ILMC/WEC and Le Mans. Plus, these companies sell their cars all over the globe. Japan is a big market, but how much they care about endurance racing is far from the be all and end all.WilliamsF1 wrote:I doubt it. Honda were never fully behind the endurance racing, I guess (rightly so) it did not appeal to them. They had a half hearted programme with the american le mans series but not a full fledged attack on the LMP 1 24 hour race. I am also not sure of endurance racing popularity in Japan, Toyota and Nissan could be wasting their time.
Unlikely. Not with F1 rules, homologation and testing limits. You gather much more experience developing road car hybrid systems in the same amount of time.mzso wrote:Maybe gathering more experience with EV/hybrid tech is worth it.xpensive wrote:At times I find it difficult to see Honda's incentives for spending gazillions on a hybrid engine for F1, why I suspect a much wider agenda here, which obviously would be developing systems for a Le Mans assault together with McLaren?
I tried to explain to people that Honda has very little turbo experience. The Honda WTCC motor gets donkey kicked by the Citroen engine every time there's a long straight.godlameroso wrote:I hope they do better than in Super GT, their turbo engine is getting crushed by Nissan and Toyota.
