Honda has sought input from its trackside engineers and the mechanics working on both of its customer teams to help improve its operations next year.
As a supplier to Red Bull Racing and sister team Toro Rosso, the Japanese manufacturer made spectacular progress over the 2019 season, elevating the performance and reliability of its power unit to levels comparable with those of its Ferrari and Mercedes rivals.
However, ramping up its supply deal in F1 from one team to two required the deployment of additional resources and operational changes.
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Regarding the latter, Honda tech boss Toyoharu Tanabe believes improvements can be achieved for 2020, and the Japanese engineer is relying on his personnel for feedback.
“It was challenging, of course,” Tanabe told Motorsport.com. “More staff here, more engines here. So far everything went reasonably well for both teams.
“I asked the engineers and the mechanics here, ‘What can we do for next year? Please review what we did this year. What was a concern, what was a problem, in terms of the trackside management?’.
“Then we can make a list, discuss it internally, discuss with the R&D department, and then bring the idea for next year.”
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