Car Watch reports Masahiko Matsumoto (Honda GT project leader) interview.
http://car.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/1016982.html
*About slump in the first half round.
Our engine was designed by keeping hybrid system in mind.
Therefore it was a design of high-speed torque emphasis.
It was the concept that the low-speed torque was helped by the hybrid system.
However, this year, hybrid was removed, but we didn't have a time for developing a new engine which corresponds to non hybrid.
So our 1st engine was under-power.
The 2nd engine from SUGO round emphasized the low-speed torque.
*About chassis set-up direction change
We have changed suspension set-up.
We had choosed fixed suspension set-up. But this set-up causes jumping. And braking stability is not clear.
So we changed it to the opposite direction, cushiony set-up.
It was possible to suppress a jump by this. And the braking stability was improved.
#15, #8 and #100 chooses this cushiony set-up.