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No summer shutdown for Honda and Renault

F1's teams and drivers may be packing their bags for the summer break, but there will be no such factory shutdown at Honda. Unlike the teams, the sport's engine manufacturers are not subject to the mandatory, two-week 'shutdown' that must be served during the big gap in the race calendar between Hungary and Belgium. That is because the manufacturers are already reined-in by the 'token' development system, and Honda is duly preparing a big upgrade for Spa. "The engine improves day after day," the Japanese marque's Yasuhisa Arai is quoted by Tuttosport, "and we are able to give more power already in Belgium and Monza -- two circuits where that is very important." Honda...
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