Honda changes power unit on Kvyat's car
Honda has opted to complete its first power unit change of the season after noticing an anomaly in the data on Daniil Kvyat's Toro Rosso car through opening practice for the Chinese Grand Prix on Friday.
Kvyat ended FP1 at the Shanghai International Circuit in eighth place, but an issue picked up in the post-session data analysis prompted Honda to change the Russian's power unit ahead of second practice.
Honda has opted to complete its first power unit change of the season after noticing an anomaly in the data on Daniil Kvyat's Toro Rosso car through opening practice for the Chinese Grand Prix on Friday.
Kvyat ended FP1 at the Shanghai International Circuit in eighth place, but an issue picked up in the post-session data analysis prompted Honda to change the Russian's power unit ahead of second practice.
It marks the first change to any of Honda's four power units on cars in F1 this year, with the two Red Bull entries and Kvyat's teammate, Alexander Albon, encountering no issues so far this year.
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— Honda Racing F1 (@HondaRacingF1) April 12, 2019
During FP1, we noticed an anomaly in the PU data from Kvyat’s car. With only a short time to investigate the matter fully between FP1 and FP2, we have therefore decided to change the PU on his car as a precautionary measure.#PoweredByHonda pic.twitter.com/loxH02esn7
