Honda studies Verstappen ahead of Monaco GP: 'Here, that's very important'

The Monaco Grand Prix is just around the corner and Red Bull Racing may have the perfect opportunity for victory. Honda will be hoping to deliver a winning engine this weekend, after the past few races have consistently gone in Mercedes' favour.

At the start of the season Red Bull and Honda seemed to have things sorted out. The RB16B seemed to be the fastest car on the grid at the time, but in the last two races Mercedes' W12 has impressed. In Monaco, engine power will count for less, so there is a greater chance of victory for Verstappen and co.

''From a Honda perspective, we can look back at many memorable moments and fantastic wins here. It is said that the circuit characteristics mean that driver ability counts for a bigger part of the result than at other tracks. Therefore on the Power Unit side, we have worked on ensuring that we can provide good driveability and throttle response to match the drivers’ inputs,'' said Toyoharu Tanabe in the Honda preview.

''To do this we have studied past data, as well as each of our four drivers’ individual styles to ensure that all of them can have a strong weekend. Both our teams have demonstrated they have a good performance level and we hope that they can confirm that in Monaco, making a step forward in terms of results'', concludes the Honda chief.