AlphaTauri target no engine penalties for Honda
Date published: March 11 2020 AlphaTauri principal Franz Tost believes it’s a realistic target for Honda to make it through the 2020 season without engine […]
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Honda ‘must support’ Max’s aim of 21 podiums
Date published: March 10 2020 Max Verstappen has set a target of reaching the podium at every race this season and Honda are ready to […]
Honda “confident” F1 start weakness addressed
Honda, which has ambitions to fight for the world championship with Red Bull this year, has already proved that its new power unit is both […]
Redbull & Adrian Newey up to old tricks again, this time with Honda
Back in the dominant days of the early 2010s with Red Bull Renault and Sebastian Vettel, chief designer Adrian Newey ensured that the Austrian team […]
Honda has made “big step up” with 2020 F1 engine
With the Japanese engine manufacturer setting sights on a potential title challenge with Red Bull, it has worked hard since last season to improve the […]
Horner happy with Honda: So far touch wood
Date published: March 2 2020 Christian Horner says Honda’s reliablity was “very encouraging” as the Japanese engine supplier required just one precautionary engine change between […]
Honda reliability very encouraging, says Horner
While pre-season testing was a vast improvement for Williams, certainly compared to last year when the Grove outfit was forced to miss the first two […]
Honda target penalty-free 2020 season
Date published: February 26 2020 Despite an engine change during testing, Red Bull and Honda are not planning on using a fourth power unit, hoping […]
Red Bull, Honda target no engine penalties in 2020
With the performance of the new RB16 having looked strong in the opening week of pre-season testing, Red Bull’s hopes of battling for the championship […]
Electric car move may hurt Red Bull-Honda future
Date published: February 25 2020 Honda is speaking with Red Bull about continuing their F1 partnership beyond 2021 but admit the trend towards “electrification” could […]
Honda admits to its fossil fuel dilemma
F1 is really in a quandary, for the fact is that unless the engine formula, indeed the entire philosophy of the sport is radically overhauled […]
Electrification complicating Honda's Red Bull contract talks
Global car manufacturers are facing tough business conditions because of regulatory clampdowns on the number and type of petrol and diesel cars they can sell. […]
Verstappen: Honda 'are pushing flat out' for performance gains
Max Verstappen is backing Honda to make the performance gains needed this Formula 1 season to close the gap to rivals Mercedes and Ferrari. After […]
The dramatic shift Honda needs for F1 2020
Red Bull saw some potential, and after a learning year with Toro Rosso, its faith was repaid in 2019. Verstappen won in Austria, Germany and […]
Brawn: McLaren “needed” to part ways with Honda
There was an understandable fanfare when it was revealed that arguably two of the greatest names in Formula One history were getting together again in […]
McLaren ‘needed’ to drop Honda to move forward
Date published: February 8 2020 F1 managing director Ross Brawn says McLaren’s decision to drop Honda in 2017 was “needed” so that they could find […]
Verstappen eager to see if Honda match up to Ferrari
Date published: February 7 2020 Max Verstappen says that while Ferrari were “a bit ahead” of Honda with the engine, he’s eager to see where […]
Honda “quite happy” with 2020 F1 engine progress
Honda became Red Bull’s engine supplier at the start of 2019, with Max Verstappen scoring the first win powered by the Japanese manufacturer since 2006 […]
Big announcement about Honda, from Verstappen’s boss
Red Bull director Christian Horner believes the team has made progress in order to compete with Mercedes this season. Currently, in the midst of preparations, […]
Aston Martin exit makes life ‘easier’ with Honda
Date published: February 5 2020 Aston Martin’s decision to swap Red Bull for Racing Point will make “living with Honda even easier”, says Helmut Marko. […]
Alonso Triple Crown dream torpedoed by Honda
Honda have blocked Fernando Alonso’s latest assault on the Triple Crown by vetoing a deal that would have seen him compete with Andretti Autosport – […]
Honda torpedo Alonso Triple Crown dream
Honda have blocked Fernando Alonso’s latest assault on the Triple Crown by vetoing a deal that would have seen him compete with Andretti Autosport – […]
Honda ruins Alonso’s last hopes of a return to F1, for good
The animosity that has reigned for several years between the Japanese manufacturer and the two-time Formula 1 world champion has finally got the better of […]
Honda nix Alonso’s Andretti Indy 500 plans
Date published: February 3 2020 If Fernando Alonso returns to Indianapolis this year for a third attempt at the Indy 500 it won’t be with […]
Alonso regrets Honda GP2 comment
Left for dead by Marcus Ericsson‘s Sauber, as his frustrating return to McLaren continued, it was understandable when Fernando Alonso let his emotions get the […]
Alonso regret over 'GP Engine' Honda comments
Fernando Alonso admits that he regrets some of the comments he made while driving for McLaren-Honda where he was persistently critical of the Honda power […]
Alonso regret over 'GP2 Engine' Honda comments
Fernando Alonso admits that he regrets some of the comments he made while driving for McLaren-Honda where he was persistently critical of the Honda power […]
Alonso opens up on 2015 Honda “GP2 engine” comments
The Spaniard infamously labelled Honda’s engine – back then powering his McLaren – “embarrassing” and a “GP2 engine” during the 2015 Japanese Grand Prix at […]
Alonso’s honest thoughts about Honda winning in F1
Two-time world Formula 1 champion Fernando Alonso stressed that he is delighted to see Honda winning races in F1 from now on. The Spanish driver, […]
Renault’s Taffin: Mercedes and Honda behind us
Date published: January 23 2020 Renault’s head of its PU department, Remi Taffin, believes only Ferrari are ahead of Renault in the engine game with […]