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New engine comes with a risk, admits Honda boss

Honda boss admits that the company's decision to redesign its engine for 2017 is a gamble. With the dreaded token system now dead and buried, Honda, like Renault, has opted to completely overhaul its engine in time for the new season. Amidst talk that Honda was planning something radical, it was McLaren technical director Tim Goss who finally let the cat out of the bag. 'For 2017, the Honda engine architecture and layout have been altered to serve both for performance and packaging needs,' he revealed early last month. 'The new power unit takes much of the learning from the past two seasons, but has been specifically redesigned for this season.' On its return to the sport in 2015, Honda...
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