After indicating its intention to leave Formula 1, Honda has finally made a timid comeback due to an interest in the next technical regulation of power units in 2026.<\/p>\n
A return that will not happen with the Red Bull team, as they have announced their collaboration with Ford, who will become a technical partner of Red Bull Powertrains and will provide engines for both the 2022 champions and their sister team, AlphaTauri.<\/p>\n
The president of Honda Racing Corporation, Koji Watanabe, stated that the modifications made to the technical regulations had brought them closer to their goals as an automotive manufacturer.<\/p>\n
The Formula 1 is evolving significantly towards electrification. Therefore, since carbon neutrality is our company-wide goal at Honda, we believe that the future direction of Formula 1 aligns with our objective. That is why we have decided to register as a power unit manufacturer, emphasized Watanabe.<\/p>\n
We are curious to know where Formula 1 is heading, with Formula 1 being the newest category, and what it will look like with more electrification. We would like to keep a very close eye on this.<\/p>\n
Watanabe states that the manufacturer has already initiated talks with other teams, perhaps with McLaren, although no concrete decision regarding a return to F1 has been made.<\/p>\n
\u00ab After registering, we were contacted by several Formula 1 teams, he confirmed.<\/p>\n
For now, we would like to keep an eye on the evolution of Formula 1 and see how things go.<\/p>\n
For now, we don’t have a concrete decision on whether or not we will return to join Formula 1. But from a technological development standpoint, we believe that being part of Formula 1 will help us in technological development. So that’s where we stand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Red Bull has announced a partnership with Ford starting from 2026 during the launch of the RB19. As a result, the Japanese manufacturer finds itself as the only engine supplier not linked to a team within the framework of the future engine regulations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":110,"featured_media":34124,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,1749],"tags":[1022,1038,1338],"class_list":["post-4326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-f1","category-news","tag-moteur","tag-moteur-honda","tag-reglement"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n