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Honda engine 'really very, very close to Mercedes' says Tost

AlphaTauri team boss Franz Tost believes Honda's "fantastic" work in the past months has produced an engine that is now "very, very close" to Mercedes' dominant power unit. Following its decision to exit Formula 1 at the end of the 2021 season, Honda brought forward to this year the introduction of an all-new power unit, throwing all its energy into its swansong campaign in Grand Prix racing with Red Bull. Honda's efforts have yielded a unit that boasts improved performance while maintaining its strong reliability, progress validated by Max Verstappen's pole position in Bahrain for Red Bull and Pierre Gasly's P4 spot for AlphaTauri in the Saturday evening shootout....
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