F1 | Honda, Tanabe on qualifying in Austria: "Gap too wide with Mercedes"

It's a great satisfaction Honda after the qualifications of Austrian Grand Prix. The Japanese manufacturer is overall happy with third place Max Verstappen with the Red Bull, but the good Toyoharu Tanabe, technical director of the Japanese engine manufacturer admits that the gap from the Mercedes di Bottas e Hamilton it is too wide, being half a second. There is also confidence in the placings of gasly e Kvyat, with the hope of being able to score points also with theAlphaTauri,

“These first qualifying sessions of 2020 gave us some surprises – Tanabe said. We have Max on the second row and Alex on the third, which is still good. However, the gap with Mercedes is large, but with Max starting on the mediums and our race pace seen in free practice, there is confidence for the race, we can hope to do well tomorrow. As for the AlphaTauri, the car has improved compared to yesterday and finishing in twelfth and thirteenth position is encouraging. It would be nice if the team were to manage to take points in the debut match of the new name. Our power unit has worked well on all four cars so far, we are confident for tomorrow, the competition will be very close."