“The new Honda engine is expected to give half a second” to Alonso’s Aston Martin
Fernando Alonso I announced it on Sunday. After the big step taken in Hungary with the ‘B’ car created by Adrian Neweywith whom they have gone from being the last standout to fighting in the middle zone, now the green team needs like May water that the new Honda engine represents a notable improvement.
This Wednesday, the Japanese biker will test it alongside Aston Martin for the first time on the track, already inside the new chassis created by Neweyin a ‘filming day’ limited to 200 km and with experimental wheels, as required by the regulations, before taking it to compete in the next F Netherlands GP1, in Zandvoort.
Slingthrough the statements of his track manager, Shintaro Oriharahas been optimistic after the great change that has been applied in many internal areas of its engine and in these last appointments has spoken of a significant improvement, but making it clear that “There is no magic in F1.”
There were media outlets that suggested that this new power unit could be a gain of 50 horsepower, although Orihara rejected that idea when asked by MD in Hungary.
And in the last few hours very similar information has emerged in some media. The ‘Auto Racer’ portal talks about a gain of half a second, “the equivalent of 35 more horses”. Furthermore, the aforementioned portal recalls that “it is said that the current disadvantage is 90 HP).
AND, BBC journalist Andrew Benson talks about the same time gain per lap on averagesince it depends on the characteristics of each circuit.
“The next step is the new Honda engine, which will make its competition debut at the Dutch Grand Prix after the summer break. “The Honda engine is well behind the others, approximately 1.5 seconds per lap behind the best, as estimated internally by Aston Martin experts.”can be read on the ‘BBC’.
“The next update will not completely eliminate that gap, but it is expected to reduce that gap by about a third.”adds Benson in his article. That is, again, 0″5 seconds per turn.
To that we must add the tenths that Aston Martin hopes to achieve after analyzing the data for the optimization of the package taken to Hungary. And we must remember that the pieces that complete Hungary’s evolution will also arrive in Zandvoort.
Honda is expected to close that gap by about a third
A key improvement for the future of Fernando Alonso
According to the same journalist, Andrew Benson, the progress that the Honda engine can make from Zandvoort can be a key factor in the decision of whether or not to continue in F1 What does Fernando have to take? Alonso between the Zandvoort and Monza events.
“This is equally important for Alonso. He will want to see evidence that Honda can offer improvements, especially because he already has experience, from his time at McLaren between 2015 and 2017, with Honda’s promises that were not fulfilled. I am told that he will wait to see how events develop before carefully considering his decision about his future.“says the journalist.
