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Toyoji Tanabe, Honda F1 Technical Director, recalled the Tuscany GP final of Round 9 of the 2020 F1 World Championship and spoke about the ICE mode regulations introduced in the previous round of the F1 Italian GP.
At the Tuscany F1 GP, Honda’s F1 engineers were Red Bull Honda’s Alexander Alban in third place on the first F1 podium, and Alpha Tauri Honda’s Daniel Kubiat in seventh place, while Max Felstappen started. He withdrew with Pierre Guthrie due to a contact caused by a PU problem.
“First of all, I would like to congratulate Arbon, who won third place for the first time,” Toyoji Tanabe said at a press conference after the Tuscany F1 GP.
“On the other hand, the PU issues happened for two weeks in a row. Max was caught in an accident when he downgraded due to PU issues and retired. At that point, Guthrie also retired, so in the first lap 2 I lost the table. “
“Kubiat started from 12th place and ran to the end of the race where a lot of crashes and problems occurred and finished in 7th place. Recently, Arbon player Kubiato, who thought he was in bad shape on both teams, Kubiat Every player he scored exactly points. Especially Arbon was on the podium. I think it was a good race for the second half in terms of motivation for the team, the engineer in charge and of course the driver. “
“I am starting to investigate Max’s problems in Japan, but I would like to analyze them thoroughly and take steps not to carry them into the second half of the game.”
Max Felstappen said he believed the PU problems were the same as those that occurred at Monza after the race.
Regarding the matter, Toyoji Tanabe said, “Speaking of similar things, I think the cause is different. It is the same in the sense that the engine went bad.”
After that, I moved on to the question about the ban on the “single mode” of the F1 engine introduced at the previous F1 Italian GP, the so-called qualifying mode. Unlike in the past, it is mandatory to use the same ICE mode in qualifying and final.
When asked if there was any impact on the performance difference with Mercedes, Toyoji Tanabe commented: “To be honest, I don’t know.”
“The last Monza was an ultra high speed circuit, this time it is a high speed circuit with a certain amount of downforce, but there are continuous high speed corners. The difference in PU and the difference in bodywork will add up to mark the difference as a package. If you can compare them on the same circuit, I think you can understand a bit, but I would like to try a little more and think about various things from now on. “
“Currently, I have not been able to give an answer if I am getting closer or far.”
The next race will be the Russian F1 GP at the Sochi Autodrome, where the Hondas struggled last year.
Regarding Sochi’s countermeasures, he said: “Of course, we are developing to analyze and strengthen the weaknesses throughout the year and further develop the strengths.”
Category: F1 / Honda f1 / Italian F1 GP
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