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Toro Rosso has uploaded an amusing image answering several questions from critics of Honda. The Red Bull junior team will be powered by Honda for the 2018 season after the Japanese manufacturer parted ways with McLaren at the end of last year.
Honda was involved with McLaren for three years, but the partnership failed to bring around success. In the three seasons together, its highest race result was fifth place, while it never managed to finish above sixth place in the constructors' standings.
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The Honda power unit failed to produce competitive top speed and also had major reliability problems. After firing up its engine on Wednesday, Toro Rosso released an image which contained some questions from Honda doubters, which Toro Rosso firmly answered.
There is plenty of interest around our fire-up, this FAQ might help a bit ? pic.twitter.com/tPTKcMc0zY
— Toro Rosso (@ToroRosso) February 14, 2018
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Login to replyBarron
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That’s all a bit silly really and doesn’t make TR or Honda look very good. If they could have made the answers amusing then it might have had a point.
calle.itw
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Sort of amusing, and they do answer the questions. And from the sounds of it, it sounds pretty promising. But we'll see.
Kean
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There is no way in hell Honda's performance will be as abyssmal as it was in 2015 & 2017, and more than likely it will be better than 2016. I mean what are the odds? They must be able to get their act together. Likely they'll be down on power compared to the rest, but the gap can't be as big as it has been. If it is, it will just defy belief.
calle.itw
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It likely wont be, and I agree that they will likely have a better form compared to 2016 to boot. But I dont know for sure. I sure would be grinning if they were to beat Renault this year.
ajpennypacker
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From what I remember Honda saying last year, the 2018 engine was very much a evolution of the 2017 platform. My opinion is that they were too far behind and too unreliable to do anything too competitive with the 2017 platform. Of course it's all conjectures, but in general, I've lost all faith in Honda. I remember the BAR-Honda and subsequently F1 Honda team, and how long it took for that car to be half decent. I don't get it because Honda seem so capable. But same way as with Toyota with all that money, and never managed to put together a proper F1 season.
calle.itw
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It is strange, because Honda has the potential. Their entry into endurance racing last year was pretty much instantly competitive, and they could completely turn around a suboptimal situation in Super GT. They were no doubt far behind with the 2017 platform, however, a platform is a platform. Its something to build on, not to retain as is. Even between 2015 and 2016, back when they were limited by that ludicrous and very token token system, alot of the design was replaced.