Honda holds plans for Mclaren engine update

Honda is planning to wait four or five races before introducing its next Formula 1 power unit update, according to its chief Yusuke Hasegawa.

The Japanese manufacturer spent two development tokens on an internal combustion engine intake system update for McLaren ahead of the British Grand Prix.

It was aimed at improving combustion efficiency and power output as well as trying to recover some of the exhaust power it sacrificed when it updated the turbo for the Canadian Grand Prix last month.

Hasegawa says the combustion engine [ICE] remains Honda’s focus with some good results coming out of development at the factory, but it is holding fire on spending its 10 remaining tokens for now.

“We still keep trying our efforts to improving our engine, the ICE area,” he told Autosport.

“We have seen some good numbers, we just need to prepare.

“Not in a couple of races but in four or five races we aim to introduce it.”

Hasegawa added Honda plans to “ideally” spend all of its remaining tokens before the end of the season with a plan to introduce “regular steps”.

Category: Formula One