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Honda targets were too low in 2016 - Hasegawa
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Honda did not set high enough targets for itself at the start of the 2016 season, according to head of F1 project Yusuke Hasegawa. Following a difficult first season back in F1 as power unit supplier to McLaren, Honda focused on improving its reliability during the off-season last year as well as addressing an ERS deficit. While there was a clear step forward this year - with the McLaren points tally rising from 25 points in 2015 to 76 this season - Hasegawa admits the initial goals were not ambitious enough. “Of course we set a target,” Hasegawa told F1i. “But honestly speaking, the target we set wasn’t big enough or good enough. So we weren’t optimistic...
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