本田F1动力单元升级在即，赞德福特站值得期待
阿斯顿·马丁在匈牙利站引入AMR26首个重大升级包后，本田将于赞德福特站带来2026赛季的首个动力单元升级。
本田期待已久的F1动力单元升级将在赞德沃特带来什么
总工程师折原慎太郎解释说，本田F1动力单元升级的重点完全放在内燃机上。可驾驶性将再次成为本田新引擎规格的重要因素
当阿斯顿·马丁在匈牙利为AMR26推出首个重大升级包时，本田将把其2026年F1赛季的首次升级带到赞德沃特。
凭借阿德里安·纽维今年首个升级包，底盘方面的差距已大大缩小。阿斯顿·马丁距离它想达到的水平仍相去甚远，但Paceteq的数据显示，其在比赛节奏方面的差距在匈牙利“仅”为每圈2.034秒。
在此前的银石和斯帕两个周末，这一差距仍然达到每圈五秒以上，不过有两个重要的前提。首先，这两条标志性赛道都要长得多，而亨格罗林对动力单元性能的依赖程度也较低。
后者仍然是阿斯顿·马丁的一个弱点，不过本田希望在本赛季下半程开始时，通过今年首次的动力单元升级取得进步。
这次升级完全集中在内燃机上，而现场总经理兼总工程师折原慎太郎仍然认为，与竞争对手相比，内燃机是本田最大的弱点。
“与其他制造商相比，我们的引擎性能确实很差。所以现在最需要改进的可能就是引擎性能，因为正如我所说，差距相当大。”
折原晋太郎，本田车队，在F1比利时大奖赛期间接受Motorsport.com记者罗纳德·沃尔丁的采访
"如果不提升我们的内燃机性能，（其他都无济于事）。比如说，如果我们改进能量管理，但如果发动机性能很差，那也没用，"折原在接受Motorsport.com独家采访时解释道。
"所以现在我们完全专注于提升发动机性能。一旦我们在这方面达到目标，也许我们就可以优化其他一些小的领域。但我们目前的主要焦点仍然是发动机性能，也就是内燃机。"
本田知道，要在绝对动力方面缩小差距需要时间，这意味着在这第一步之后还需要进一步的升级——一些最乐观的估计显示，功率提升最高可达30马力。
当被问及赞德沃特升级的具体目标时，大原阐述了一个与阿斯顿·马丁在匈牙利的目标类似的愿景：回到所谓的“竞速集团”之中。
这一目标在底盘方面已经实现，但大原强调，在动力单元方面也需要做到同样的事情。
“我们的目标是回到竞速集团，回到这样一种局面：我们每个周末拼命寻找的10毫秒或20毫秒的差距，能够真正发挥作用。”
本田在新引擎上面临全新的驾驶性能挑战
由于动力单元正在经历重大变革，赞德沃特的升级也带来了另一个问号。这涉及到本赛季F1开赛几个月来被频繁讨论的一个术语：可驾驶性，即车手从动力单元获得的感觉。
“我们开发了工具来优化我们的可驾驶性。我们取得了良好进展，已经接近我们想要达到的目标，”大原说。
“但当我们引入规格2引擎时，燃烧特性将发生显著变化。嗯，也许不是显著，但会有很大不同。”
“而且引擎在弯道阶段的表现也会发生改变。所以是的，我们需要重新开发我们的可驾驶性。”
这与阿斯顿·马丁在底盘方面的升级密切相关，这些升级也会对动力单元的可操控性产生影响。
“随着赛车规格的改变，过弯速度将会大幅提高。因此对可操控性的要求也会随之改变。”
听起来本田似乎将面临与今年年初相同的可操控性难题，但折原强调，这家日本制造商无论如何都不会回到原点。毕竟，所学到的经验教训仍然可以应用到新规格上。
“今年上半赛季我们取得了巨大进展。我们已经开发出了自己的优化方案（针对可操控性），”他说。
“我们将推出我们的新引擎，可能我们需要做更多工作来再次提升可驾驶性，但现在我们知道了应该怎么做，以及应该在哪些方面进行改进。”
“这是一个重大的学习收获，我们可以把这个经验点运用到我们的B规格引擎上。”
正是因为这个方面——即对可驾驶性的调校工作——阿斯顿·马丁近日在匈牙利赛道使用新动力单元进行的拍摄日才显得如此重要。这次拍摄日已经为双方提供了一些可供分析的初步数据，帮助他们在赞德沃特避免出现令人不快的意外。
英文原文
What to expect from Honda's long-awaited F1 power unit upgrade at Zandvoort
Chief engineer Shintaro Orihara explains that the focus is entirely on the internal combustion engine for Honda's F1 power unit update. Drivability will once again be an important factor with Honda's new engine specification
While Aston Martin introduced its first major upgrade package for the AMR26 in Hungary, Honda will bring its first update of the 2026 Formula 1 season to Zandvoort.
With Adrian Newey’s first upgrade package of the year, the deficit on the chassis side has been reduced considerably. Aston Martin is still a long way from where it wants to be, but figures from Paceteq show that its deficit in terms of race pace was “just” 2.034 seconds per lap in Hungary.
During the preceding weekends at Silverstone and Spa, that deficit was still more than five seconds per lap, although there are two important caveats. Firstly, both iconic circuits are much longer, while the Hungaroring is also less dependent on power unit performance.
The latter remains a weakness for Aston Martin, although Honda hopes to make a step forward at the start of the second half of the season with its first ADUO upgrade of the year.
That upgrade is entirely focused on the internal combustion engine, which general trackside manager and chief engineer Shintaro Orihara still identifies as Honda's biggest weakness compared to the competition.
"Our engine performance is definitely poor compared to other manufacturers. So probably the most important point to improve now is our engine performance because, as I mentioned, the gap is quite huge.
Shintaro Orihara, Honda, during an interview with Ronald Vording, Motorsport.com during the F1 Belgian Grand Prix
"Without improving our combustion engine performance, [the rest doesn’t help]. Let's say, if we improve energy management, that doesn't help if the engine performance is poor," Orihara explained during an exclusive interview with Motorsport.com.
"So now we purely focus on improving our engine performance. Once we achieve our target there, then maybe we can optimise some other small areas. But still our main focus point is the engine performance, the combustion engine."
Honda knows that closing the deficit in terms of outright power will take time, meaning further upgrades will be required after this first step – with some of the most optimistic estimates suggesting a gain of up to 30bhp.
When asked about the specific target for the Zandvoort upgrade, Orihara outlines an objective similar to Aston Martin's in Hungary: getting back to what is referred to as the "racing field".
That has been achieved on the chassis side, but Orihara stresses that the same needs to happen on the power unit side.
"Our target is to get back to the racing field, to a situation where the 10 milliseconds or 20 milliseconds that we try so hard to find every weekend, can actually make a difference."
Honda faces fresh driveability challenge with new engine
Because the power unit is undergoing significant changes, the Zandvoort upgrade also brings another question mark. It concerns a term that has been discussed frequently during the opening months of this F1 season: drivability, the feeling the drivers get from the power unit.
"We developed our tools to optimise our driveability. We have made good progress and we were close to what we wanted to achieve," Orihara said.
"But when we introduce the spec 2 engine, the combustion characteristics will change significantly. Well, maybe not significantly, but there will be a big difference.
"And then engine behaviour will be changed in the cornering phase as well. So yeah, we need to develop our driveability again."
It goes hand in hand with Aston Martin's upgrades on the chassis side, which also have an impact on the drivability of the power unit.
"With the car spec changing, cornering speeds will be much higher. And then demands on driveability will be changing as well."
It sounds as though Honda will face the same drivability challenge it encountered at the start of this year, but Orihara stresses that the Japanese manufacturer will not be back to square one under any circumstances. After all, the lessons learned can still be applied to the new specification.
"There has been big progress through this first half of the season. We developed our optimised way [for drivability]," he said.
"We will introduce our new engine and probably we need [to do] more work to improve driveability again, but now we know how we need to do it and where we should improve.
"That has been a big learning, and we can carry over that learning point to our B spec engine."
It is partly because of this aspect – working on drivability – that Aston Martin's recent filming day at the Hungaroring with the new power unit was so important. It has already provided both parties with some initial data to analyse, helping them avoid unpleasant surprises at Zandvoort.
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