Toro Rosso's F1 Pilots Have "Chosen" Civic Type Rs As Daily Drivers
Italian Formula 1 outfit Scuderia Toro Rosso has switched to Honda propulsion for the 2018 season, and no, it hasn’t been as disastrous as you might have expected. Far from it, in fact - the team doesn’t seem to have struggled with the Honda power unit in the same way McLaren did, and Frenchman Pierre Gasly (below) even drove the STR13 to a stunning fourth place in Bahrain.
Plus, the Honda tie-up means Gasly and teammate Brendon Hartley now each have a new daily driver in the form of the FK8 Honda Civic Type R. The pilots - both facing their first full season in F1 - have “chosen the renowned Honda Civic Type R as their primary road car,” the Japanese company said. Well, they were hardly going to pick a mid-spec Jazz each, were they?
“I’m excited to try it out on the iconic Route Napoleon in the South of France, and maybe even on a racetrack where I will really be able to push the limit,” Gasly said of his new ride. Hartley meanwhile has been here before. Well, sort of. “Would you believe it, my first ever road car was a 1996 model year Honda Civic…So it’s nice to get the upgrade to the Type R,” he said.
Perhaps after some good results, a further upgrade to the NSX might be possible…
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
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I guess it’s consolation for having to deal with Honda engines all season
It’s still a Honda
I would ask for the original nsx
Surely Brendon has a bunch of Porsches that he’ll actually use while no one sees him 🌚
Pecking order right there…
I don’t think they are allowed by the rules. They sure must share the maximum number of part i guess
Errrrr…NSX please.
Well, that’s cool, cause I don’t think I’d have the nerves to get a NSX as a daily
torro rosso management : so guys, as a reward for your hard work, Honda are giving you guys a free car to choose from!
Gassly: YESS, im getting an NSX!
Management: uhh, theres no NSX
Hartley: the old NSX?
management: sorry but only new cars and no NSX….
Hartley: so what do we have
Management smiles: Theres the CR-V…..
Gassly: FOR GOODSAKES, WE’RE RACING DRIVERS!
Management: so thats 2 Civic Type Rs?
Lmao all the “id rather get a NSX” comments but why would you daily a NSX?