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Honda: 'Next year we're aiming to match the Mercedes engine'

Honda have set themselves the ambitious target of not only closing the performance gap to rivals Renault and Ferrari, but to overhaul them and match the level of the Mercedes power unit next year. Honda's engine chief Yusuke Hasegawa admitted they're still the fourth best in terms of power, and the gap to Renault may have increased following the French manufacturer's massive Monaco upgrade, the scale and success of which surprised Honda. 'We're number four. It is Mercedes, Ferrari, Renault and then Honda,' admitted to Hasegawa to Autosport. 'We have a huge gap to Renault. I've been surprised by their progress. They have done a very good job.' However...
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