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New Honda engine powerful but unreliable

Honda's revamped 2016 Formula 1 power unit is reportedly more powerful than its predecessor, but still unreliable according to Marco Canseco, the correspondent for sports daily Marca. McLaren-Honda debuted its novel, ultra-compact ‘size zero' concept last year, where the tight packaging of the rear was possible because the turbo is located actually inside the ‘vee' of the engine. According to Motor Sport magazine, the Honda turbo is bigger for 2016, with Yasuhisa Arai confirming that it will be 'around the same size' as the Mercedes unit. The ‘size zero' concept, however, is staying. Writing in Marca, Censeco said Honda test-bench runs since the first full 2016...
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