Honda apologizes to McLaren drivers

Yusuke Hasegawa, the director of Honda's F1 department, publicly expressed his regret to the McLaren drivers due to the poor reliability of the Power Unit on the MCL32.

Published on 02/03/2017 à 12:04

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McLaren further suffered from the poor reliability of the Honda Power Unit installed on the MCL32 during testing in Barcelona (Spain). The Woking team saw its first two days of testing disrupted by an oil leak requiring the complete replacement of the 6l turbo/hybrid V1.6, while the origin of the problem encountered on Tuesday February 28 has not yet been determined. been precisely identified.

“We're definitely not happy to have any problems, but it's a try. We still feel sorry for both pilots (Fernando Alonso and Stoffel Vandoorne) », said Yusuke Hasegawa, the project director F1 from Honda. »

“We need to find the root of the problem, especially the problem on the second day. We don't yet understand how the failure occurred, but we haven't made any modifications to the engine yet. In any case, I hope that all this will be resolved by Melbourne (March 26).”, added the Japanese engineer.