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Honda has added resources for 2016

Honda motorsport boss Yasuhisa Arai says the Japanese manufacturer has added more resources and manpower to help overcome its difficulties next season.

McLaren’s engine supplier has endured a difficult first year back in F1, with an uncompetitive and unreliable power unit leaving the team with just 27 points this season. Honda is confident it can deliver an improved engine in 2016 by making major changes which it couldn’t make during this year but Arai says there has already been an increase in commitment to give it the best chance of success.

“Already we have added more resources and manpower for development,” Arai said. “But there was not enough time to be ready to race during this season. So this is one of the reasons why the result is not so good.

“But we continue to pay a big effort to develop next year’s engine already so I hope the result will be good for racing on the track.”

While Honda is working on its 2016 power unit, the FIA continues to look at introducing a new type of engine which customer teams can purchase, something which Arai says he doesn’t think can work.

“We joined F1 under the current regulations, so it is very difficult to combine another engine in the same race regulation-wise and also with the sporting regulations. I think it is very difficult to do that in such a direction.”

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