The long straight at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix will be "challenging" for Honda despite progress with its power unit this year, according to its F1 technical director Toyoharu Tanabe.Honda struggled with its energy recovery system (ERS) deployment compared to other power unit manufacturers over the past three seasons, making it...

Honda has been forced to make changes to its MGU-H and turbocharger as a result of the problem suffered by Pierre Gasly in the Australian Grand Prix.Gasly retired early in the opening race of the season having lost power, with Honda tracing the issue back to the MGU-H. After investigations,...

Honda will investigate the MGU-H issue it faced on Pierre Gasly's car in the Australian Grand Prix back at its headquarters in Sakura in an attempt to repair the component.Gasly was trying to recover from an error in qualifying that left him 20th on the grid and had moved up...

Honda's management restructuring over the winter led to a change in the Japanese manufacturer's power unit development approach at the start of its partnership with Toro Rosso.At the same time as switching teams from McLaren to Toro Rosso, Honda also opted to make changes to the top of the F1...

Toro Rosso team principal Franz Tost is encouraged by the start to life with Honda after seeing "a lot of progress" from the Japanese power unit manufacturer.Honda struggled throughout a three-year spell in partnership with McLaren, with both performance and reliability often lacking compared to its rivals. Reliability was improving...

Fernando Alonso admits he is pleased to be able to focus on a new challenge in Formula 1 next season after another disappointing year for McLaren in 2017.Having improved from 2015 to finish sixth in the constructors' championship last season, McLaren slipped back to ninth overall as Honda struggled for...

Honda is starting its new partnership with Scuderia Toro Rosso with a restructuring, as Honda head of F1 project Yusuke Hasegawa (pictured above) will take on a new role within the Japanese manufacturer and his previous title, head of Formula 1 project, will be eliminated.Instead, under the new structure Hasegawa's...