Sauber confident in competitive Honda engine

  • Published on 11 May 2017 14:43
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  • By: Rob Veenstra

Monisha Kaltenborn says she is confident Sauber will be more competitive next year with Honda power. Currently, the Swiss team is struggling with year-old Ferrari power units, but Sauber but will become works McLaren partner Honda's first engine customer for 2018.

However, the Honda is currently the least competitive and most unreliable engine in F1. But Sauber chief Kaltenborn told Bild newspaper: "I'm not worried about what we are seeing now. We are confident that Honda will get its problems under control."

As for how Kaltenborn can have that sort of confidence, she revealed that her discussions with Honda before signing the deal were lengthy. "It's important to have transparency," she said, "and we were talking for a long time and have a good insight. It's important that Honda is aware of the problems and is committed to solving them." (GMM)

Your confidence is based on what? Mclaren's success to date? Good luck Sauber! (Dumb move).

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  • May 11 2017 - 15:19

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  • Your confidence is based on what? Mclaren's success to date? Good luck Sauber! (Dumb move).

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    • May 11 2017 - 15:19
    • They might be just happy to get free Engines and some extra cash infusion.

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      • May 11 2017 - 17:46
    • They will hardly be free, but the deal is cheaper compared to another year with Ferrari, even with an old Ferrari PU.

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      • May 11 2017 - 19:10
    • ZUKMAN

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      If you look at Renault it took almost 2 years and 4 cars gathering data to produce somewhat decent PU. Having another 2 car runing will speed up development. If it was done back in 2015 we might have seen different Honda today.

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      • May 11 2017 - 21:39

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