They also lock you out of downloading anything during the weekends. So i'm going to have to give you an abridged version of what goes down.įirst off, they are known for locking people out of downloading files i believe over 100mb unless they have an account, and have posted a bunch of stuff. Honda may own most of it and I could see Mugen as a little brother to Honda but they also do a lot of home electronics in Japan.They have done a lot of shady stuff. To say that Mugen is totally a lackey of Honda is not totally true. In Germany, the Jordans were fitted with an all new Mugen engine, replacing the aging unit they had.
Is it any conicidence that during the year developement picked up tremendously? In 1998, when they stuck with Jordan, they were really serious about coming back into F1. When Ligier became Prost, Mugen and Honda both wanted Nakano to take a second seat, something that strained the relationship between the two. But when Ligier boss Briotoire took the Renault engine away to Benetton, ol Flavio swiped the Mugens while Minardi had a standing contact!Īll this with the same basic block that supplied McLaren in 1990. When Lotus folded, Mugen signed to supply Minardi in 1995. (Most people seem to forget that a V12 won both WC and CC in 1991, BTW).Īlthough they offically carried the badge "Honda", (proablly because Honda boy Nakajama was behind the wheel), in 1992 they went to Footwork.Īfter two not so great years with Footwork, Mugen found thier way into the Lotus in 1994. In 1991, Honda arranged for Tyrrell to make use of the 1990 Honda V10 that powered McLaren in 1990 with Mugen doing some of the work on the engine while Honda switched to a V12 for McLaren. Mugen also does some electronics in Japan, as a foot note. That would basically be like selling secrets from Honda! They will just neatly fold it up, and put on a shelf until Honda leaves again. Honda only decided to enter in early to mid 98. Why do you think Mugen didnt become a winning engine until Honda was about to enter F1 again? And how else can Honda make such a damn good reliable engine so soon? Look at BMW. ITS OWNED BY HONDA! In theory, quite a bit of last years Mugen was just Honda testing parts for this years car. Everyone seems to think Mugen is so independant from Honda. I bet half of Mugens engineers are now sitting drawing CAD pictures for Honda F1 now. The Mugen engine was 100% funded by Honda all along. Why not? It has a F1 pedigree now I guess.
And Ill bet when Honda leaves again, within a few years guess what? I bet you will see Mugen will return. They can still see whats what, and whats needed, without having to spend millions more trying to compete. All Mugen ever was, and ever will be, is a way for Honda to keep in touch with F1, and not have depreciate the Honda name in F-1. Mugens leaving should not be a big surprise.
#MUGEN ARCHIVE GEES SERIES#
Mugen will concentrate on existing engine programmes in the Formula Nippon series in Japan. The team can either attempt to make peace with existing engine supplier Peugeot, who are set to leave F1 at the end of the season, alternatively a deal could be struck with Supertec creating an unofficial French national team. This leaves Prost little in the way of options on engines for next year, laying yet more woe at the French team’s door. However, with two Honda works teams, Mugen would appear to be surplus to requirements. Originally this looked to have been good news for Prost as the Mugen supply would become available allowing the French team to renew its links with the Japanese firm. With this year’s Jordan chassis looking to be increasingly competitive, Honda have now offered a works deal to Jordan and as of next year will supply both teams. The works deal did not materialise until last year when Honda began exclusively supplying British American Racing.
#MUGEN ARCHIVE GEES FULL#
Supplying Ligier was viewed as a convenient test arena for Honda to carry out development away from the limelight before returning with a full works assault. Mugen, the Honda-owned engineering specialists, re-entered Formula 1 in 1995 with the Ligier team, now Prost. Mugen out, creating yet more problems for Prostįollowing the announcement of Jordan’s five year works Honda engine deal, the future of the team’s current engine supplier Mugen does not look bright as the name is set to disappear from Formula 1 at the end of this year. From autosport :Mugen to leave F1 at end of season
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