Team racer Red Bull Racing they passed the first half of this season without penalty due to the engine or engine components. While they are team racers Toro Rosso have already exceeded the permitted limit, they are Max Verstappen in Pierre Gasly just achieved this. But it is certain that he will have to too Red Bull face penalties. Because they will not be able to do without further changes this season.
"We are constantly talking to the teams and based on that we will decide when to use the new engine or the new specification,”Is for colleagues from Motorsport-Total.com explained Honda technical chief Tojoharu Tanabe. The background is that Honda in the coming weeks, it does not want to use the new engine just for reliability, but the Japanese are expected to bring further improvements to the engine, which will be even more powerful.
"No decision has been made yet,”Issued Tanabe and explain: "It all depends on the situation, the timing and the conversations with the teams. The situation is very complicated.“Because it’s clear that in the second half of the season there are races where you want to avoid penalties for a motorbike. These include, first and foremost, the home race Honda v Suzuki. Also Singapore is a race in which the Red Bulls will do anything to get around these penalties, as they are counting on good chances for a resounding result in this street race. For example, it is best to replace the engine or components Monza, which he also confirmed Christian Horner, team boss Red Bull. The other race where penalties would be accepted, however, is Spa, which is scheduled immediately after the summer break.
Additional replacement of the engine or components would also be possible in Sochi, so between Singapore in Suzuka. But then you should Red Bull have enough engines in their collection to end the season without further penalties. “There are two plans. Long-term and short-term,”Issued Tanabe. The short-term plan concerns two or three races, and the long-term goes until the end of the season.
This thing is also important in this context. The contingent of engines is always tied to the race car and not to the racer. That means it will Alexander albon after a summer break at Red Bullu took over the previous parts Pierre Gaslya and vice versa.
