Since the Belgian Grand Prix, Red Bull Racing and AlphaTauri have enjoyed a new battery system that allows various improvements both in terms of efficiency and weight reduction.
Honda and Red Bull Racing They have been very suspicious of this matter, but finally they have revealed the peculiarities of the engine that was released at Spa-Francorchamps and that, at first, they claimed that it was of the same specification as the previous ones.
In reality it was not like that, because the Japanese brand itself has confirmed that in the Belgian Grand Prix A power unit was released that included improvements in the battery system destined to store the energy produced by the hybrid system.
“The new system is equipped with a lighter, low resistance, highly efficient and ultra-high power battery cell”
«This new battery system has been developed in a project that has taken several years, with the aim of combine energy efficiency improvements with significant weight reductions »explains Honda’s head of power unit development, Yasuaki Asaki.
«In what will be the company’s last season in competition, Honda F1 has managed to present the new system equipped with a battery cell lighter, low resistance, highly efficient and ultra high power, just in time for the start of the second half of the season.
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The last effort
Honda will abandon Formula 1 at the end of this year, but first he wanted to throw in the rest to try to say goodbye with the world title.
«To achieve the ultimate goal of defeating Mercedes and winning the championship before leaving F1 At the end of the 2021 season, we recognized the need to improve performance. As such, the development plan for the new battery system was substantially advanced from the original goal of 2022 to introduction during the 2021 season, ”Asaki notes.
Even after Honda leaves F1, this new battery technology will greatly contribute to Honda’s future technology to create a carbon neutral society, lead the advancement of mobility and enable people around the world to improve their daily lives, “he concludes.