4
Honda has changed its development and evaluation approach after experiencing correlation issues between its dyno and track evaluations. In 2017, Honda has once again struggled with reliability issues and a lack of performance gains, which has put a strain on its relationship with McLaren.
The new process that Honda will use means that it will conduct less dyno testing in order to evaluate new components. Yusuke Hasegawa of Honda believes that this will allow the Japanese engine supplier to have a more efficient development programme.
"We're not too much insisting on mono-cylinder [dyno] development. We can check factors or elements or many concepts with the mono-cylinder [block] but we now understand we need to check with the V6 to finalise our specification," Hasegawa told Motorsport.com after confirming that Honda is changing its way of development.
"So we are no longer relying too much on the mono-cylinder results. As a reference, the mono cylinder test is important but to find the performance, we need to check the V6 results," he added.
One of Honda's key failures in 2017 has again been its MGU-H power element, although an update at Silverstone may have resolved part of the issue: "We are about to solve that [MGU-H] issue, we just need to confirm on the circuit," said Hasegawa. "But the MGU-H specification we have introduced includes solutions for the problem so I believe it's OK," he concluded.
Chris Soulsby
Grand Prix of BelgiumLocal time
Grand Prix of BelgiumLocal time
Bahrain International Circuit - Winter testing
M. Verstappen
C. Sainz jr
C. Leclerc
Bahrain
Bahrain
Bahrain International Circuit
Bahrain
Bahrain International Circuit
Saudi Arabia
Jeddah Street Circuit
Australia
Albert Park
Japan
Circuit Suzuka
United States of America
Miami International Autodrome
Monaco
Monte Carlo
Canada
Gilles Villeneuve
Spain
Circuit de Catalunya
Austria
Red Bull Ring
United Kingdom
Silverstone
Hungary
Hungaroring
Belgium
Spa-Francorchamps
Netherlands
Circuit Zandvoort
Italy
Monza
Azerbaijan
Baku City Circuit
Singapore
Marina Bay Street Circuit
United States of America
Circuit of the Americas
Mexico
Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez
Brazil
Interlagos
United States of America
Las Vegas Street Circuit
United Arab Emirates
Yas Marina Circuit
280,409 comments on McLaren
156 members have this team as their favourite
Tweets about McLaren
Replies (4)
Login to replyreg
Posts: 162
About time too!
kngrthr
Posts: 203
beta testing in public
Barron
Posts: 625
By "mono cylinder" does he mean single cylinder dyno testing and by inference they don't dyno the complete V6?. I find that incredible. Is that normal?
calle.itw
Posts: 8,527
I'd say its standard procedure, cuts costs compared to testing on a whole unit, while giving a decent reference to how the full package will work.