Honda F1 boss Yusuke Hasegewa is bullish about the future as he predicts that next season the Japanese power unit, developed during his watch, will match Mercedes for horsepower and his views are backed by McLaren team chief Eric Boullier and their star driver Fernando Alonso. Hasegewa told F1 Racing, 'Next year we expect to be equal to Mercedes in horsepower. That is the first target, even though on the size or weight or centre of gravity, or especially the reliability, it is difficult to achieve the same level.' Honda, whose power unit currently houses the turbine and the compressor, want to mimic the Mercedes layout next year of the compressor situated at the front and the...
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