Honda says that, given the lockdown, the speed at which the Mercedes engine has developed has taken them by surprise. Due to the global pandemic, team factories were officially shut down from April to the start of June. Furthermore, the factories of the engine manufacturer were also closed. As the sport has implemented a development freeze, meaning the engine specs used at the season opener must be used for the entire year, Honda quickly got to work on updating their power unit as quickly as possible once things re-opened. 'During the suspension period, the FIA and all the power unit manufacturers agreed to have a shutdown period,' Honda's F1 managing director Masashi Yamamoto told...
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