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Honda comeback hampered by rules says Ramirez
The Formula 1 current rules will prevent Honda from quickly closing the big gap to its engine rivals at the pinnacle of thesport. That is the view of Jo Ramirez, the retired long-time McLaren team coordinator who admitted the scale of the Anglo-Japanese collaboration's problems as they reunited in 2015 caught even him by surprise. 'Honda didn't think it would be so hard,' said the Mexican. 'Nobody did.' Ramirez, 74, lamented that today's severe restrictions on testing but particularly against free engine development will mean any recovery for Honda will not be fast. 'I think that if the rules were not what they are, Honda would already have a good engine,' he told Spain's AS newspaper. 'Or...
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