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Escudería Honda today presented/displayed in its facilities of Brackley (England) the “RA108”, single-seater with which will compete east year in the World-wide one of Formula 1 and with which it hopes to return to render it made since in 2006 and forget it ominous the 2007, where it only added six points, all of them Jenson Button.
The new design of the “RA108”, that rolled the week last in the training developed in Cheste (Valencia), was kept awake today under the conduction of the Austrian Alex Wurz, third pilot and probador of escudería.
Ross Brawn, Main Team: “the RA108 is a concept of car totally different from their predecessor, as much in the mechanical aspect as in the aerodynamic one. The new philosophy of design has been developed to give to more importance to the aerodynamics and its operation, especially to facilitate the introduction of improvements as far as yield throughout the season.”
“We have concentrated in trying to reach a high level of aerodynamic efficiency and stability, and that is reflected in the form in which the chassis has been reviewed to interact with the new aerodynamic pieces and the suspension. That would have to allow us to count on a potential major with the developments that will be gotten up, first of which he will be ready for Melbourne, when we will introduce a set aerodynamic substantially different from that we can see today in the presentation.”
“Our objective for the 2008 is to return to the position that occupied the equipment during second half of season 2006 when Honda fought by the points in all the races. Then we will only count on a solid base to begin to think about more ambitious objectives.”
Nick Fry, Delegated Adviser: After a year in that we could not fulfill our expectations, the equipment has realized several appointments important in second half of 2007 with the purpose of to reinforce our resources and to do with new knowledge and a different experience to us. Especially, the arrival of Ross since Director has contributed to a new impetus and a confidence renewed to all the organization. “
“At this time of the past year the beginning of a descendant curve for us was perceived, and now the consensus exists of which we have recovered the lost position. We have done all the possible one to sincerely solve our problems, that we must contemplate like valuable experiences that they have contributed to our improvement for this year and the following. All the aspects, the technician, the one of aerodynamics or the one of marketing, have been reinforced with resources of maximum category. The deceptions of 2007 impel our desire to be successful in 2008.”
“I feel very pleased when seeing that the efforts of all our equipment have caused that the RA108 fulfills all the objectives of design on the paper. Now we will have to work until Melbourne to obtain much that becomes a good yield in the track and to see if these objectives are sufficient to face us our competitors.”
“Today also earthdreams, a program of marketing related to a cause of world-wide reach has appeared, inspired by Honda Racing F1 Team and that has evolved from the initiative myearthdream of 2007. The mission of earthdreams finally must take advantage of the impulse the power of the dreams (to power of dreams) with the support and the fortification of edifying projects that have a positive effect in their surroundings and which they will count on the endorsement of Honda and its associates. We have already informed into the projects supported by earthdreams to date and wished to continue working with the present associates and other that are united with the purpose of to contribute to those good causes. Especially, desire to be thankful for to Seiko in the name of the beneficiaries by its so generous contribution and support.”
On the other hand, Jenson Button stressed that he maintains the “faith” in Honda and that wants “to gain races and to be in the fight for being champion of the world.”
“Last the five years were challenging and the past he was dissapointing, but it has recognized it to the equipment and it worked to secure one better action”, added. English, that praised that everybody in Honda has worked “incredibly” during the winter to develop the RA108, thinks that the changes realized in the final section of 2007 “were exactly those that we needed to give to an east step forward year.”
The Brazilian Rubens Barrichello, however, indicated that it is “too much soon still to draw conclusions”, on the new single-seater, with which it has only rolled at the moment in Cheste, although it was hopeful facing the next training in Montmeló and confessed that its enthusiasm “is no handicapped”, in spite of the last years.
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