Honda has been left feeling rather frustrated after a disappointing display in Spain hid the Japanese company's work. Since Pierre Gasly's magnificent fourth place finish in Bahrain, Toro Rosso has struggled to replicate that form and have dipped.
Honda's technical boss Toyoharu Tanabe told Motorsport.com that the team had analysed their weaknesses but were disappointed that the gains that they made were masked by the characteristics of recent races.
"We learned from the start to the end, and also applied our analysis from the previous race. I think, technically, we had a reasonably competent weekend. The actual race result was very frustrating.
"It is difficult to measure (the improvement from the last race) because of the different track, if we go back to Baku and try it different we can tell you exactly in laptime and speed!
"Initially we applied something from the previous investigation.
"Friday was not good, so we applied something different from what we learned, and we improved.
"It means we could understand directionally we are OK."
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