Hasegawa: Reliability has to be improved

Honda’s chief Yusuke Hasegawa admitted that improving reliability of the power unit enjoys now a priority after a couple of troubled race weekends. The Japanese is delighted with the improvements made over the last weeks though.

McLaren is completing a much better season in 2016 after its first year of its cooperation with Japanese manufacturer Honda proved to be challenging.

The Team has already scored 38 points which is 11 points more than its 2015 tally. The improved relationship led to a more relaxed environment which could be also seen in the Hungaroring’s paddock.

Speaking about this weekend’s German GP, Hasegawa sounded confident that they can build up on the wave they have been on since the start of the European races.

"The Hockenheimring is another power-oriented circuit, McLaren-Honda has continued to show progress and strength through every race of the European leg, and we believe that we can once again perform to the best of our abilities at the German GP this weekend.”

"As a team, this will be our first race at this track so it will be a busy weekend to fine-tune and set up both the power unit and the chassis.”

Honda has to work on fixing reliability issues which hindered the team in getting the best possible performance out of the car. Jenson Button was struck by its latest woe at the Hungaroring when his race ended by an oil leak.

“It will also be important for us to fix any reliability issues that we have had over the past race weekends, and face the last race before the F1 summer shutdown with a positive outlook.

"Hopefully, we can repeat the good points finish that we had in Hungaroring with Fernando’s car and score more championship points before the second half of the season," said Hasegawa.