as RacingNews365 previously reported earlier this week.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n“During the pre-season tests, we noticed some abnormal vibrations,\u201d\u00a0Honda managing director Ikui Takeishi said, as quoted by the Japanese arm of Motorsport.com.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI think the main cause of the problem was that these abnormal vibrations caused damage to the battery system.<\/p>\n
“In response to this, we are of course investigating the cause on the PU [power unit] side and will be taking measures. At the same time, we are also taking measures on the car side.<\/p>\n
“But what we’re actually doing specifically is using Sakura’s bench, a test bench with a monocoque on it, to carry out vibration countermeasures and analysis, and we’re currently in the process of implementing countermeasures.\u201d<\/p>\n
Honda opted to return to F1 this year after its official exit at the end of the 2021 season, where it peaked with a title win with Max Verstappen and Red Bull.<\/p>\n
Although its current picture is a far cry from its position several years ago, Honda Racing Corporation president Koji Watanabe insisted its goals have not shifted.<\/p>\n
“There are a lot of things going on, but we’re definitely going to win,\u201d\u00a0he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Honda has explained the root cause of its issues during pre-season testing in Bahrain. The Japanese manufacturer endured…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":507691,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,827,817,830,828,831,829,826,813,816,823,825,824,822,85],"class_list":["post-507690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-daniel-ricciardo","tag-f1","tag-f1-calendar","tag-f1-live","tag-f1-results","tag-f1-standings","tag-ferrari","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-lewis-hamilton","tag-max-verstappen","tag-motorsport","tag-racing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=507690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507690\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/507691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=507690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=507690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=507690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}