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Toro Rosso's Key working hard to fit Honda engine

Toro Rosso's tech boss James Key is working hard to fit the team's new Honda engine into its 2018 chassis, a complex and time consuming exercise. The decision to swap Renault power for the Japanese manufacturer's engine was decided last September, at a time when the design of Toro Rosso's 2018 charger was well under way. Given the fundamentally different characteristics of the Honda unit, Key has been forced to re-design parts of the car's rear end to comply with the new engine's specifications. Red Bull to provide technology to Honda - Marko "It's a very compact unit, but a different architecture to the Renault, it requires a lot of adaptation work," Key told Speed Week. With a...
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