Radical update for Honda at Fuji
The Honda Racing F1 Team is planning a radical update for the Japanese Grand Prix. Jacky Eeckelaert, the Director of Engineering of Honda, explained to 'Autosport' that there was an update planned for Fuji, but with the arrival of the new aerodynamicists they already had their influence.
Jacky Eeckelaert told Autosport: "The Fuji upgrade was always planned for the last three races. But now with the arrival of the new guys in the aero department it will be different from what we originally planned, because we have new philosophies and different concepts from their previous teams. And they want to try those out on this year's car - even though this year's car has been designed around another concept.
"Nevertheless, they want to give it another try. And why not? Where we are in the championship, it doesn't make any difference. Anything we can try on this year's car that can help us for next year is not a waste of time.
That's why I'm quite pleased that they already want to change the concept a bit around the front-end of the car to see if we have a good correlation between car and track. And we'll see if it improves the car's performance."
