Yusuke Hasegawa

Austria showed true strength of Honda upgrade

Jenson Button's sixth place in the Austrian Grand Prix showed the true strength of Honda's recent power unit upgrade, according…

9 years ago

Honda willing to risk reliability for performance

Honda is willing to risk reliability in search of major performance gains as it ponders its next power unit update.…

9 years ago

Honda avoided high fuel consumption repeat in Baku

Honda did not suffer a repeat of its high fuel consumption problems during the Grand Prix of Europe as it…

9 years ago

Honda pondering layout changes for 2017

Honda is looking at the possibility of taking a different approach with its power unit in 2017 as development restrictions…

9 years ago

Fuel consumption led to ‘disappointing’ Honda pace

Honda says high fuel consumption proved costly for McLaren at the Canadian Grand Prix and led to a “disappointing” level…

9 years ago

Honda spends first engine tokens on new turbo

Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button’s Honda-powered MP4-31s will be fitted with new turbochargers at this weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix, Motorsport.com…

9 years ago

Honda surprised by Renault token spend

Honda's head of F1 project Yusuke Hasegawa is surprised by how few tokens Renault spent on its latest power unit upgrade.…

10 years ago

Honda wants to introduce upgrades in Canada

Honda wants to introduce an upgrade at the Canadian Grand Prix but will make a final decision at the end of…

10 years ago

Honda happy with result but not performance

Yusuke Hasegawa has praised McLaren's performance as a team in the Monaco Grand Prix but wants more from Honda itself.…

10 years ago

Honda monitoring Renault upgrade closely

Honda is keeping a close eye on Renault's power unit upgrade as it sees the French manufacturer as its closest…

10 years ago

Honda progress worth around 0.3s

Honda head of F1 project Yusuke Hasegawa believes the engine manufacturer has found around 0.3s without upgrades since the start…

10 years ago

Honda pondering engine design revamp for 2017

McLaren engine partner Honda is considering radical changes to its power unit design in light of next year's token-free engine…

10 years ago