The former Head of Honda’s F1 Project, Yusuke Hasegawa, believes the decision to reduce the limit of permitted engines in Formula 1 from four to three in 2018 is not reasonable, and technically will be extremely difficult to manage. The decision was made to reduce the number of power units on cost grounds, but with teams struggling to go through 2017 with just the four units, and with an additional round on the schedule in 2018, Hasegawa believes it was not the right move to go to three, even if he feels the Honda unit has seen improvements during the past twelve months. “It’s very tough,” said Hasegawa. “It’s not just for us. Renault had difficulties. I don’t think it’s...
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