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I just cannot understand how these water leaks, vibration issues, part breakages etc. are not picked up earlier?? We are talking of Honda Racing Japan here, not Mr Miyagi's Race Engines down the road.
Surely Honda Racing in Japan has a 7 post chassis/engine dyno that they could simulate hours of engine running combined with chassis movements. Surely they must have. Honda could program a engine killer track like Spa and simulate the chassis movements with engine parameters to get as close to real life data as possible. This can be done for hours/days on end as there are no restrictions on engine testing on chassis dyno's. They don't really have to have a test mule for the track as today's simulation technology is very accurate.
If they are doing the above (which I'm sure they are), combined with all the resources available to Honda Racing, and are still having reliability issues after 3 years (which they certainly are), then sorry to say, Honda are just pathetic, and need to pack up and leave the sport. Harsh? Probably. But just think about this. Mercedes, Renault and Ferrari had less time to build their V6T's than Honda did with their first V6T engine concept. Contrary to what's been widely reported, Honda did not start on their engine design in 2014.
Honda has been in and out of F1 a few times now. They have a proven track record of being unable to commit to F1 long term. And this time around will be no different. Once they look at how much money has been poured into this latest F1 venture, the next new CEO, who is not a F1 fan, will pull the plug once again in a few years time (or even sooner).
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