Honda F1 chief Yusuke Hasegawa has reveled that his team are already dyno testing their 2017 power unit which he and McLaren hope will lift the legendary team out of the midfield and start challenging for podiums, if not wins.
Hasegawa told F1i, “The concept is nearly finished. We have started engine testing on the dyno for 2017, so we will continue to improve performance through testing until very close to next season. We cannot go into any details at this point.”
“Some of the development that we have put into effect in 2016, like weight reduction and reliability updates will always be useful in any situation. Though we cannot go into technology specifics for 2017, the overall power unit regulations will not change drastically, so many things we learned from 2016 can be used as fundamental technology and data for 2017,” explained Hasegawa.
As for the final two races of the season, the Japanese engineer said, “We do not expect to bring in anything new specifically to target 2017. However the mappings and settings we perform for each circuit always proves worthwhile gathering data for next year.”
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