we often talk about manus transferring technology between their F1 programs and road car divisions...it seems odd that there could ever be a rule preventing them from running their F1 engines in mules/road cars, particularity, if done under the pretense of transferring those technologies between the two divisions.
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Originally Posted by Richard Casto
I assume either Honda was confident in their existing testing and simulation setup, didn't have the time or resources allocated to do more extensive testing, or a bit of both.
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i would be inclined to thinks along the resource line, specifically how much Honda is really prepared to spend as a supplier for its F1 engine program vs how much of those funds are being (mis?)directed towards sponsorship or drivers payments.
as for getting rid of Honda...too soon for sure but i would have thought that with Manor shutting down there is a extra Merc engine supply deal floating around and if that deal has an option to renew for 2018...either way though, i would think that Merc have some excess capacity to provide a new engine deal now.