Honda appear not to headhunt Mercedes or Ferrari engineers. You might think that for a German or an Italian it would not be attractive to go to Japan to work, but speaking to F1 engineers that’s what is considered a ‘no-lose’ situation. You go there for three to five years on big money, the product can only get better as a result and you can come back to the UK richer and with reputation enhanced.
“It’s hard to get a move like that wrong”, one engineer told this site.
The problem is lead times; both with the engines themselves due to it taking months for castings and so on and also for gardening leave for engineers with the know-how; typically up to 12 months.
Honda urgently needs an injection of know-how and a season of development with Sauber.
They owe McLaren for the failures of the past three years, so a temporary separation in 2018, with Honda continuing to fund the McLaren team and white label Mercedes engines, until being reunited again in 2019 would make business sense on all sides.
Занятное чтиво, и вообще интересная идея, если они пропишут возврат к Хонде, если та взлетит.

Прикольная подборка.