An under-the-radar change in Honda’s approach to F1 from 2026 could help make it a more permanent fixture in the championship, says its current motorsport boss. ⬇️
announced an official return to F1 with Aston Martin for 2026
Since 2022, it has supplied engines to the Red Bull team as part of an arrangement it made with the Milton Keynes-based squad. Speaking this week, HRC president Koji Watanabe said that having everything under a motorsport division should help deliver it a clearer path to continued participation. Lawrence Stroll, Toshihiro Sanbe,,President and CEO Honda Motor,Koji Watanabe, President of Honda Racing Corporation,,Martin Whitmarsh"To do F1, a project leader had to be appointed and, if we stopped F1, then all the staff involved in it, as well as the budget, would be gone."HRC has been given permission by the parent company to conduct technical research on future motorsports which means that, even if we quit, we are guaranteed that the people and the budget will never go to zero.
"Therefore, when the management of the company as a whole faced challenges, it was decided that we had no choice but to stop F1. "With motorcycles, there is income from sponsorship and, of course, income from renting out machines," he said.
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