Toro Rosso technical diﷺrector James Key admits the team faces challenges adapting its 2018 car design to incorporate its new Honda power units after the d☂eal was confirmed in Singapore.

After it was revealed the Toro Rosso-Honda negotiations only seriously began at the Italian Grand Prix two weeks ago, according to Honda general manager of its motorsport division Masas🌼hi Yamamoto, it appears hasty design revisions will be put in place by Toro Rosso to help integrate the Hon𓃲da engine to its 2018 car.

Toro Rosso technical boss Key says the chassis and gearbox designs are already under review as it gets to grips w🧸ith the Honda eng๊ine.

One major downfall of the McLaren-Honda partnership centred around a redesign of the Japanese manufacturer’s power unit which wasn’t incorporated in the McLaren MCL32 chassis design which led to the oil tank repeatedly breaking on the opening day of pre-season testing at Circuit de Catalunya l🦄ast March.

Key is keen to avoid similar issues by making the𝄹 design elements click smoothly and in order to maximise the en𝕴gine performance.

“There are some challenges to face given the time of year but Toro Rosso has faced many difficult tasks wi꧃th timing in th🍸e past and has the flexibility to deal with it,” Key said. “We will be working hard not to only re-design the PU installation but also ensure that this has minimal or no effect on the ongoing development work for 2018 – that is our current target.

“The architecture of the car will change in line with the PU requirements and our chassis and gearbox des🥀igns are currently under review to be adapted accordingly.

“Similarly we will be workin𒈔g closely with Honda on the performance aspects of the PU installation that the chassis will influence to ensure we maximise the potential of the package as a whole from the outset. We look forward to a strong, stable and proactive partnership with our colleagues at Honda.

“It will be a question of adaption of our plans rather than a wholesale change and we are in the process of re-planning our design and production activities in conjunction with Honda to ensure that wꦚe both hit all our important deadlines.”

Toro Rosso’s deal to tak𝔉e on Honda as a sole power unit supplier for the next three seasons was confirmed on Friday at the Singapore Grand Prix, at the same time it was announced McLaren would split from Honda to secure Renaꦦult engines from 2018.