Honda back in F1

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Mon Mar 04, 2013 10:44 pm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/21655985

Excellent - back where they belong...

chrismc · Post by **chrismc** » Mon Mar 04, 2013 10:59 pm

Lets hope so!

Their V6 turbos of the 80's were the engines to have

vtectom · Post by **vtectom** » Mon Mar 04, 2013 11:24 pm

'One of the last turbo F1 cars, mainly the McLaren MP4/4, driven by Senna, had a Honda engine 1.5l V6 with 2 turbos, 1250 hp race-tuned and capable of a bit more overall, and that was 22 years ago'

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Mon Mar 04, 2013 11:26 pm

yeah before the world got sensible

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Mon Mar 04, 2013 11:26 pm

The good ol' days when we had Group B rally cars, too...

chrismc · Post by **chrismc** » Tue Mar 05, 2013 8:31 am

vtectom wrote:'One of the last turbo F1 cars, mainly the McLaren MP4/4, driven by Senna, had a Honda engine 1.5l V6 with 2 turbos, 1250 hp race-tuned and capable of a bit more overall, and that was 22 years ago'

*don's anorak* The 1988 turbo cars (including mp4/4) were limited to (IIRC) 2.5bar boost and a tighter fuel limit (was 4 bar in 1986/87)- thus the engines were 'only' making ~650bhp. This was to provide closer competition with the n/a 3.5L cars in the field before the regs switched to 3.5L n/a engines in 1989 (of which Hondas was again the best!!)

The 1986 special qualifying engines were those making ~1300-1500bhp. Exotic fuels, waste gates closed for 2 Lap qualifying runs etc etc....

I went to my first British GP in 1986 at the tender age of 9!

*anorak off*

A1ex · Post by **A1ex** » Tue Mar 05, 2013 10:43 am

Ooh,

Hopefully they'll do well. I'm sure there's a link between Honda doing well in F1 and them building good road cars

Post by **Lude-dude** » Tue Mar 05, 2013 10:44 am

Post by **rob quilter** » Tue Mar 05, 2013 10:49 am

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Tue Mar 05, 2013 11:33 am

It's all a ploy to cunningly test the engine for the new prelude...