Formula 1's new limit of three power units per season further protects the advantage held by Mercedes and Ferrari, according to Honda.2017 saw drivers limited to using a maximum of four of each of the power unit components during the season, with any additional components carrying a grid penalty. Honda...

Stoffel Vandoorne will take a 35-place grid penalty at the Belgian Grand Prix as a result of power unit updates being introduced by Honda.Honda's head of F1 project Yusuke Hasegawa revealed before the summer break that the Japanese manufacturer could introduce as many as three new specifications of power unit...

Honda has to be "proud" of the progress it has made with its power unit during 2017 but should not have started so far behind its rivals, according to program chief Yusuke Hasegawa.While McLaren was expecting a big step forward in performance from Honda during the off-season, the new power...

Honda will retain the same power unit concept in 2018 despite a difficult start to this season, head of F1 project Yusuke Hasegawa has revealed.Following two disappointing years since its return to F1 as partner to McLaren in 2015, Honda made use of the removal of the engine token system...

Honda's head of F1 project Yusuke Hasegawa admits the Bahrain Grand Prix weekend was "a disaster" due to recurring reliability issues.Repeat MGU-H problems hampered both drivers throughout the weekend, with Fernando Alonso unable to run after Q1 on Saturday and Stoffel Vandoorne (pictured below) failing to even start the race...

"Testing has obviously been massively disappointing and I have a feeling we will walk away from Australia pretty disappointed, but we're ready for that. So that's a big bummer, but short of that everything has been perfect."This is not what Zak Brown signed up for.Brown was a wanted man at...

Honda's biggest concern is about the gap in performance to the other power unit manufacturers rather than reliability, according to the head of its F1 project Yusuke Hasegawa.Having been optimistic a new power unit concept would allow the Japanese manufacturer to close the gap to the rest of the field,...

Honda has spent two of its Formula 1 development tokens on an internal combustion engine upgrade but only Fernando Alonso will run it in Malaysia.McLaren's engine partner, which now has just one token remaining, was unsure whether it would introduce it at Sepang, but made the call on Thursday morning....

Honda is planning to introduce its final engine update of the Formula 1 season in Malaysia, according to its chief Yusuke Hasegawa – but that will mean penalties for McLaren.After spending seven development tokens on an update for Spa that focused on the internal combustion engine and turbo compressor, Honda...

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