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Hasegawa: Our F1 engine concept is very high risk

Honda chief Yusuke Hasegawa has revealed that his team have taken a big risk by pursuing an alternative F1 power unit package concept to the one employed over the past two years with little joy, but acknowledges that the decision to go this route is risky. Hasegawa said in an interview, 'The concept is completely different. It's very high risk, we don't know a lot of things about that new concept. We know it will give us a performance advantage but the biggest risk is whether we can realise that potential this year.' Honda, who supply engines to McLaren exclusively, have been well down on the power levels of their rivals Mercedes and Ferrari. Thus drastic measures were taken by the...
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