A Honda official has played down claims that McLaren may now be ready to start taking on the top Formula 1 teams, and has admitted that the top three teams are still way out of reach.
The Japanese marque has taken an engine upgrade to Spa that benefited from no less than seven development tokens. It is the latest step in what Honda chief Yusuke Hasegawa has called incredible recent progress.
“Yeah, I definitely do agree (with that),” Fernando Alonso told reporters in Belgium. For sure we will notice the difference in the car and hopefully we can approach the front group.”
There is speculation of s half a second boost and dozens of extra horse power, but team boss Eric Boullier is refusing to comment, “Yes I can (put a number of the laptime gain), but I will not share it with you.”
But an unnamed Honda official told the Marca sports newspaper that talking about catching up with the ‘big three’ teams is premature.
“No, not at all. Forget Ferrari,” he is quoted as saying. “As well as Red Bull or Mercedes. Not here or in Singapore. This is an evolution, not a revolution.”
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