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…

8 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.…

8 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…

8 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…

8 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…

8 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…

8 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.…

8 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…

8 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.…

8 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…

8 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…

9 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…

9 years ago