The words of Shintaro Orihara, head of Honda engineers
Lance Stroll was last, 15 laps behind the winner George Russell and Fernando Alonso retired on lap 21 after having already returned to the pits after 14 laps only to return to the track a few laps later. From a certain point of view the result of the Australian GP at Aston Martin can be judged better than expected, on the other hearing about “GP completed with no reliability issues” It’s jarring, especially because getting to the finish line, but 15 laps late, is something that has very little to do with F1.
In any case, these were the words of Honda’s head of engineers Shintaro Orihara at the end of the race held on the Melbourne circuit: “In Melbourne we took another step in the right direction. We could see that the countermeasures adopted for our powertrain worked in racing conditions, as we contested the Grand Prix without any reliability problems. If you compare our position in Bahrain with the current one, the improvement was significant. This weekend was extremely important for us to test the reliability of the battery. After the tests in Bahrain, Aston Martin and Honda worked closely together to find a solution to the battery vibration problems. As one team, we have worked tirelessly to find and implement these countermeasures. From our data we can see that the battery vibrations have continued to decrease and we are now confident that we are on track to complete the full race distance, so the hard work and maximum effort will continue in the future.”
“Next week in China we are confident that we can increase the battery mileage – he added – we will focus on completing laps and collecting data to improve our performance and optimize energy management.”
