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Toro Rosso: Honda has made big gains over winter

MONTMELO, Spain -- Toro Rosso is encouraged by the level of improvement shown by new engine partner Honda over the winter.

Toro Rosso has replaced McLaren as the works Honda team for this season, ending a run of seasons as a customer for Ferrari and Renault. Honda is looking to rebuild its reputation in F1 after three disastrous years with McLaren, all of which started with a string of reliability issues in winter testing.

When asked if he expects Toro Rosso to be doing a lot of troubleshooting in this week's opening test, team boss Franz Tost said: "I don't see any problems.