F1 | Honda: “We are closing the gap”

Despite another match without points a silverstone, the head of the Honda Yusuke Hasegawa he is “confident” and believes that their engine with specification 3 is improving the performance of the two drivers McLaren and thus reducing the gap with other suppliers.

"I'm enthusiastic every time we bring an update, because it can raise expectations,” Hasegawa said. “But we still need more from our updates to reach the level of Mercedes e Ferrari, Obviously. I'm sure we are closing the gap towards leader and, from this point of view, our development speed is good. But at the same time it is natural for those who chase someone else, because they are driven to improve in order to reach the top,” continued the Japanese.

Hasegawa added that Honda could introduce an engine Spec 4 before the end of the year: “We don't stop develop, we need to continue to upgrade our engine. Naturally, performance and results are the most important things and those that interest us most, but everything is useful for learning for the future too. Compared to last year we had to change the engine concept. This year's development and improvement is directly linked to the next. So it means that we do not need to stop the current development from this point of view we have already started the project for next year“, He concluded.

Fabiola Granier