Andres125sx wrote:Vasconia wrote:
Hope and reality, until we see a clear improvement its better to be pessimistic( I should say informed realism) because the path is long and other teams are improving more(Renault, for example).
I don´t think we can say Renault is improving more. That´s like saying difference between Honda and Renault is bigger now that it was past season. It obviously is not.
We can discuss what PU is better at this point, but Honda progress has been much better than Renault as differences between Mclaren and Renault powered teams show
Actually I think Honda PU has improved more than any other manufacturer. Because in 2015 it was embarrasingly slow and unreliable so their starting point was the lowest, that´s true, but we know that for more than one complete year, so now we can´t ignore it and say Renault has improved more than Honda, because they´ve not. If Renault would have improved as much as Honda, RBR would be challenging for victories constantly, even with Mercedes on track
Honda is doing a good job since the end of 2015, but we can´t expect a jump from a PU wich is 30kmh down on topspeed and also is the most unreliable, to a title contender in just one winter. Let alone if there´s a token system restricting development of manufacturers. They´re doing great, but
first problem to solve was reliability, not perfomance. They solved it as we can see with Mercedes and Ferrari PUs both suffering from reliability more than Honda in 2016. But that was only mkI PU, next step is improving perfomance with mkII PU so we´ll see in Canada (if they finally use it there) how are they doing perfomance wise
I sincerely think they´re following a correct schedule, and targets are being achieved more or less. Everybody would want to win some race this season, but that´s a naive dream when you think about what was their perfomance past season.
2017 will be very different, period
