For Lewis Hamilton, the Honda engine has almost erased its delay

Already seen last year with several more than interesting performances from the Team Toro Rosso, engine progress Honda seem to materialize even more clearly with the reinforcement of choice of Red Bull Racing.

With an ambitious vision about to car RB14 displaying good reliability, Max Verstappen took third place in Australia, before falling just short of the podium in Bahrain, although helped by the spin of Sebastian Vettel.

But it is also the performance of the Japanese Power Unit which suggests Lewis Hamilton that Honda is in the game against V6 turbo / hybrids Mercedes and Ferrari. “Without a doubt, the Red Bulls have a much better engine this year, mentions the world champion, cited by the website of the F1.

I think their engine performance is very, very close. I think it's about 10 hp or something like that from the best cars. If you look at their GPS speed on the straights, they are about as fast as us.

It's a great start for them and I really hope the reliability will be important so they can really get in the fight. » After the inaugural round in Australia, Toto wolff, boss of Mercedes-AMG F1, had already mentioned the Red Bull – Honda alliance as a threat for 2019.

Red Bull Racing had left the clan Renault after years of complicated relationships since the advent of the era of hybrid Power Units in 2014, the Milton Keynes team having never really been able to get involved in the fight with Mercedes and Ferrari for world titles since.