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Toyota F1 technical director Toyoji Tanabe spoke about the ban on “qualifying mode” to be introduced from the next F1 race at the Italian GP, and concerns about the limit on the number of PUs used.
The “Final Qualifying Mode” will be restricted at the F1 Italian GP held in Monza next weekend. In the Belgian F1 GP, which was the last qualifying session with the qualifying special mode, Max Verstappen was left without energy by ERS at the end of the lap, which was 0.015 seconds behind Bartelli Bottus (Mercedes) who was second. I got closer.
Initially, it was planned to introduce the qualifying mode ban starting from this week’s F1 Belgian GP, but Mercedes and Honda F1 have postponed it to the F1 Italian GP, who want to secure test time at the dynamo.
When asked how the qualifying mode ban would affect the Honda F1 race weekend, Toyoji Tanabe says: “ It happened very early and in fact how we put the PUs in the same mode in qualifying and in the careers. We are working on how to operate it. “
“We have to consider performance, reliability and balance. We have confirmed that we will have 17 races. We need to plan how we will use our PUs and how we will compete in each race at the end of this season.”
The weekend of the F1 Belgian GP was an engine replacement cycle, each team introduced a new power unit, and from a reliability perspective, Honda F1 used most of the components from all manufacturers at the beginning of the season. ..
When asked if there are any reliability issues for the rest of the season, Toyoji Tanabe commented “No.”
“We are working on a PU usage plan based on the amount of PU currently allowed. It may seem like a lot more than other PU manufacturers, but we are not penalized by the introduction of new units.” I haven’t planned it. So far, it is scheduled. ”
Category: F1 / Honda f1 / Red Bull / Alpha Tauri
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