The reason for the excess power - the last Type R had 225hp - is that Honda has publically stated it wants the Renault Mégane's Nurburgring lap record. Despite being two years away from a public debut testing at the 'Ring has already begun and, according to Nishimae-san, "we have already set a time approaching the lap record."
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As if to prove this Honda strapped some cameras in beside Honda's WTCC driver Gabriele Tarquini, and the video premiered during Honda's press conference in Frankfurt.
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