News Details

Mexico performance "much better" than expected - Honda

Honda chief Yusuke Hasegawa admitted the Japanese manufacturer's engine was not expected to have the performance it did during the Mexican Grand Prix weekend. Honda chose to make engine component changes on both Fernando Alonso and Stoffel Vandoorne's McLarens for Mexico, where it felt it would struggle, in favour of having fresher elements for the final two races of the season in Brazil and Abu Dhabi. But the outfit showed good pace throughout the Mexican GP weekend, with Alonso fifth in Q1 and declaring he had the best car in the field before going on to finish 10th in Sunday's race. "The performance was much better than we thought," Hasegawa told Motorsport.com. "Before we...
Full Story »
8y ago from Motorsport.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Gasly joins Alonso, Vandoorne on grid penalties list

Toro Rosso driver Pierre Gasly will take a five-place grid penalty for...
8y ago from Motorsport.com

Alonso ‘positive’ over McLaren new components at...

From Austin to Mexico, hear from Fernando Alonso and Stoffel Vandoorne as...
8y ago from ThisIsF1.com

Alonso: McLaren ‘surprisingly competitive’ ahead...

Fernando Alonso says he's been pleasantly surprised by McLaren-Honda’s...
8y ago from Crash.net

Fernando Alonso happy with 'very positive and...

Fernando Alonso has said that he was happy with the performance of his...

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Why MotoGP hails 2025 season as a...

MotoGP promoter Dorna Sports has described the conclusion of the 2025...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Gregoire Munster confirmed for WRC Monte Carlo in...

The season opener marks a return to the event where Munster claimed his...
14h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Romet Jürgenson to compete in opening three WRC2...

The rising Estonian talent is joined by co-driver Siim Oja and start...
14h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Viktor Gyökores holds nerve to sink Everton and keep...

;/p>Mikel Arteta can toast his sixth anniversary as Arsenal manager...
1h ago from TheGuardian.com

Player ratings: Everton 0-1 Arsenal

Arsenal moved back to the top of the Premier League with a 1-0 win away at...
50m ago from FreshArsenal.com

Everton 0-1 Arsenal: Premier League – live reaction

tor Gyökeres thundered home a first-half penalty to ensure Arsenal will...
1h ago from TheGuardian.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.