It's entirely possible Honda made power gains over last season, but everyone else made larger gains.
this is not new. This is just a re-hash of sorts from what EB said last week.harjan wrote: ↑22 Mar 2017, 15:06We can be positive whatever we want but McLaren is steering towards a split; https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/mcla ... re-884671/
EB states clearly what some of us have said for years- you can't build a competitive engine from Japan. And since EB knows perfectly well that Honda isn't going to move their operation and spend the kind of money you need to spend in Europe to get things done- this is more pressure to get Honda to blink first.
Well, I would say they can build a winning engine(PU), no doubt on that. Their problem is inovation. The Japanese are good in making things better, not so inovating them.
To be fair, they didn't have power units as complex as these current ones with packaging as critical and tuned as it is these days. Honda and McLaren can both deliver on their respective parts, but they're not developing a symbiosis with each other enough to make it work. Additionally Honda's traditional practises seem to be at odds with rapid successful development of these power units. Honda may need to do some things differently in order to deliver before it is too late.
harjan wrote: ↑22 Mar 2017, 15:06We can be positive whatever we want but McLaren is steering towards a split; https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/mcla ... re-884671/
EB states clearly what some of us have said for years- you can't build a competitive engine from Japan. And since EB knows perfectly well that Honda isn't going to move their operation and spend the kind of money you need to spend in Europe to get things done- this is more pressure to get Honda to blink first.
No issue whatsoever, plus the alternative (pendrive, pigeon post) would be less secure and quite clumsy. VPN anjd going to the general Honda framework.mwillems wrote: ↑22 Mar 2017, 03:12They could use a secure FTP client, or more likely, dial in via VPN to the Honda network and download the file directly. I don't think transferring the files would be an issue at any point.PlatinumZealot wrote: ↑22 Mar 2017, 02:09Translation:
Some numpty mixed up the ignition cables.
On the ECU mapping update just before the race.. I don't think Honda would send such sensitive data over email, no matter how secure the connection is claimed to be. I can't see it.
Hmm.. That's so not what EB is saying;dr_cooke wrote: ↑22 Mar 2017, 17:33
That seems a little (actually quite a lot) Euro-centric and a huge underestimation of other teams/countries capabilities. There's more than enough brilliant people in Japan, actually nearly everywhere nowadays, that would do the trick provided they have enough funding and time. Thinking that only here the task would be achieved is quite ridiculous IMHO.
Toyota made it but where is success? Some says same for Ferrari Which is more successful team.harjan wrote: ↑22 Mar 2017, 18:22Hmm.. That's so not what EB is saying;dr_cooke wrote: ↑22 Mar 2017, 17:33
That seems a little (actually quite a lot) Euro-centric and a huge underestimation of other teams/countries capabilities. There's more than enough brilliant people in Japan, actually nearly everywhere nowadays, that would do the trick provided they have enough funding and time. Thinking that only here the task would be achieved is quite ridiculous IMHO.
There's a reason Mercedes builds their car and engines in Brackley. F1 is centered in England. That's where the knowledge (engineers & suppliers) are mainly located. This was one of the reasons that Toyota was destined to fail from the get-go- Ross Brawn already pointed this out at the time.
And that's what EB is saying: Euro suppliers might be more expensive but they're way quicker (through their experience). To become a winning team everything needs to be optimised to the max. As EB says it's all heavily time critical. And with the time lost with suppliers (and travelling back and forth from Sakura) this setup is far from optimal.