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Honda to give McLaren upgraded F1 engine for Malaysian GP
Honda aims to avoid Suzuka engine penalty Honda is preparing to spend the last of its engine upgrade ‘tokens' soon. McLaren's works ‘power unit' partner has made good progress in 2016 and still has three performance ‘tokens' to further improve its unit this year. 'We introduced a new engine at Spa when there were nine races to go, so we will need to introduce another engine,' the Japanese marque's F1 chief Yusuke Hasegawa is quoted by Italy's Autosprint. 'It could happen in Malaysia or Japan or the US. We don't want to take a penalty in Japan, so it would make sense to do it in Malaysia,' he added. Indeed, avoiding a penalty and then having a strong engine for Suzuka...
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