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Honda boss thought 2017 F1 engine step was "too easy"
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 he thought Honda's new engine would match Mercedes' 2016 power levels by start of this season, but a glut of pre-season reliability problems held McLaren-Honda back and escalated tensions within the alliance. Honda took advantage of the scrapping of the FIA's token-based restrictions on development to re-package its engine for 2017, making it more than 10kg lighter and a centimetre lower, following a layout closer to that preferred by Mercedes. Neither McLaren-Honda suffered an engine failure in...
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