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Hopefully we will see some V6TTs with no fuel limits, no hybrids and no longevity rules.
Regarding money, every race team since the invention of the second car ever made has spent their entire budget, if they save £5m on an engine they'll spend it on aero or even hospitality.
Personally I quite liked the V6T-H arms race between the manufacturers, petrol tech has made enormous leaps off the back of this, and now that Ferrari seem to have caught Mercedes we should be in for a cracker of a season.
i am tempted to put £10 on Vettel to win the Championship this year.
The yard is nothing but a fence, the sun just hurts my eyes...
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Honda Formula 1 chief Yusuke Hasegawa has admitted the Japanese manufacturer thought developing the engine technology required to catch its rivals this season was "too easy".
Hasegawa said at the launch of the McLaren MCL32 he thought Honda's new engine would match Mercedes' 2016 power levels by start of this season, but it has endured a disastrous start to 2017, lacking performance and reliability.
Neither McLaren driver suffered an engine failure in the Australian Grand Prix, but Hasegawa admitted the current engine is down on power and says Honda underestimated the difficulty of finding more power without introducing new problems.
"As a matter of fact we were thinking [it was] too easy, and it was too difficult to achieve the new technology - that was my mistake," Hasegawa told Autosport.
"We did some good progress in the mono-cylinder on the dyno, but as soon as we complete the V6 engine we had many issues.
"What we achieved in mono-cylinder is at a very good level, but when we transfer exactly the same specification to the V6 engine it doesn't work.
"We are very disappointed. But it was too late that we noticed that - at Christmas.
"After we understand the issues this was the time we need to confirm the final specification - we needed to have some compromise."
Honda has encountered further problems with instability and vibrations since the engine was installed and run on track.
"We have huge vibrations," added Hasegawa, who says Honda's new engine currently produces "almost the same power" as the 2016 unit.
"The only thing I can tell is that on the dyno we didn't have such a big issue - when we have a gearbox, driveshaft and tyre it has some resonance.
"I'm not blaming the chassis; we have to realise the situation on the dyno as well."
Honda is working on an update package for the engine, which Hasegawa hopes to implement by May's Spanish GP at Barcelona.
"If we find a good solution we need to change the engine for round five or six, so I really want to update our specification before then, or to that time," he said.
"We have already achieved some good level of performance with the mono-cylinder engine. The thing we have to do is transfer that technology to the V6.
"Although we still have to improve that, we have some confidence we can achieve that level."
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I can't believe they didn't get a full V6 on a dyno until frickin CHRISTMAS. What were they doing all last year? It's actually baffling. The modern Honda company just hasn't got a clue how to compete in motorsport.
I bet the board wish they'd listened to Ron years ago and built their own engine with Ricardo. Zak Brown has ruled it out for now but left the door open.
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!