Toro Rosso pair Pierre Gasly and Brendon Hartley say they are “very excited” about the potential performance gain from Honda’s updated power unit. Honda introduced its Spec 3 power unit at last weekend’s Russian Grand Prix and both drivers trialled it during practice, with Gasly placing eighth on Friday afternoon. Honda opted not to run the engine for the remainder of the weekend in order to undertake further calibration checks, ostensibly in a bid to boost its chances on home ground at this weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix. “We haven’t had an update for a long time,” said Hartley. “We did have an aero update which didn’t really...
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