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Honda to replace engine components
The Japanese brand, which showed signs of greater reliability at the start of the season, which also marked the start of the partnership with Toro Rosso, now has a significant improvement, taking the option of changing several components of the driving units of the cars of Gasly and Hartley to the second test.After Gasly's engine failure, caused by a failure in the MGU-H and the turbo, Honda made changes to those components and new updated parts will be introduced next weekend in both cars as a precautionary measure. In addition to these components, Gasly will have to receive a new internal combustion engine, which puts it very close to a penalty if the parts damaged in the last race can not be recovered."The exchange of these components is obviously a difficult decision and far from ideal but we believe it is the right decision to ensure that none of this is repeated. We will continue our development to further improve our reliability. Although Sakir is a track that depends a lot on the engine, we want to take a step forward and forget about this difficult time. "After the strong campaign showing improved reliability on the part of Honda, the problems remain and the time of the Toro Rosso begins thus of faltering form, giving some reason to the McLaren that decided to change of supplier, after 3 years of a partnership completely failed.

Fábio Mendes, direto de Portugal