What Honda must fix now with its upgraded F1 engine

Aston Martin just found THREE seconds over two races. Fernando Alonso scored points. Honda says its new engine hit every target. But the drivers still say the car is a lottery to drive, both named the exact same problem after the race and Adrian Newey agrees with them. And there’s still a massive amount riding on where Aston Martin and Honda go from here. After its return to the points at Zandvoort‘we gained special access to Honda’s F1 chief engineer - so we can now take you inside what it’s done with its new engine, what’s still not working, and why taking the next step could turn out to be incredibly difficult. 00:00 How good is the new Honda engine? 02:59 The priority fix that's still needed 04:58 Why is nailing driveability so hard? 08:02 Fixing the problems Published: 2026-08-27
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