Yasuhisa Arai Almost unnoticed in the Albert Park paddock, during the Australian Grand Prix weekend, mingling with Formula 1 regulars were two Japanese engineers with very big plans. Speed Week correspondent Mathias Brunner reports that Yasuhisa Arai, Honda's new Formula 1 boss, and the Japanese marque's technical chief Kazuo Sakurahara were on an ununiformed mission to learn and observe as the 2014 season kicked off. It is not until 2015 that Honda, absent from the paddock since the shock decision in late 2008 to pull its Brackley based works team from Formula 1, will return to the grid as McLaren's supplier of works turbo V6 engines. But as Formula 1′s brave new era began in...
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