TORO ROSSO GRABS HONDA ENGINES FOR 2018 AS McLAREN SIGNS ON FOR RENAULT ENGINES
The Red Bull junior ends its contract with Renault early and its understood the loan of Carlos Sainz to the works team was part of the negotiations.
“Everyone in our team is very much looking forward to working with Honda,” said team principal Franz Tost.
“Ever since its founder Soichiro Honda entered his motorcycles in events, racing has always been a central part of the company’s ethos.
It’s a very exciting challenge and I hope that both parties will gain a great deal from it as we develop together,”
“It will be a question of adaption of our plans rather than a wholesale change and we are in the process of re-planning our design and production activities in conjunction with Honda to ensure that we both hit all our important deadlines,” said technical director James Key.
"There are some challenges to face given the time of year but Toro Rosso has faced many different tasks with timing in the past and has the flexibility to deal with it.
We will be working hard not to only re-design the power unit installation but also to ensure that this has minimal or no effect on our ongoing development work for 2018 – that is our current target"
It’s not the first time Toro Rosso has used different engines to sister team Red Bull - the team has only recently switched from Ferrari power – but it has only ever used old engines when using a different manufacturer to Red Bull. This time Toro Rosso will use the latest iteration of Honda engines.
The news comes as McLaren confirms it has ended its relationship with Honda after three years of disappointing results.
McLaren has signed a three-year deal with Toro Rosso’s current manufacturer Renault in the hope it can be competitive again in 2018.
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