Alpine F1 driver Fernando Alonso has congratulated Honda on their success following Max Verstappen’s maiden world title with Red Bull. Honda began supplying Red Bull at the start of 2019 following a largely successful trial year with AlphaTauri, and their power unit powered Verstappen to his first pole position in F1 at that year’s Hungarian
MoreHonda is not ruling out a return to Formula 1 as a power unit supplier, the Japanese auto-maker’s motorsports manager, Masaya Nagai, has said. The company announced its decision to quit the sport last year, leaving Red Bull and Scuderia AlphaTauri without a power unit supplier post 2021. However, with Formula 1 agreeing an engine
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Christian Horner has said Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff should mind his own business after the Austrian suggested that the VW Group may partner Red Bull in the coming years. Wolff made the remarks after it was recently announced that Red Bull had poached a senior Mercedes engineer for their newly formed powertrains division, which
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has said that former Mercedes engine chief Andy Cowell is unlikely to join the team’s new powertrains division. Horner previously said it is unlikely that Cowell would join Red Bull, but fresh speculation about him joining the Milton Keynes-based team was prompted after it was announced that senior Mercedes
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Red Bull have poached senior Mercedes engineer Ben Hodgkinson for their new powertrains division, the Milton Keynes-based team has announced. The move comes as earlier this year, Red Bull said it would be making a significant investment into its new powertrains division and would sign new talent following Honda’s decision to withdraw from F1 at
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Senior Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko has said he believes the Milton Keynes-based team have a good chance of retaining Max Verstappen over the coming years. The Dutch ace has a so-called “performance clause” in his contract which could allow him to walk away from Red Bull at the end of the season despite
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has admitted that Honda currently have a stronger power unit than the Silver Arrows. READ: Ex-F1 Driver Slams Nikita Mazepin For Breaking ‘Gentleman’s Code’ In Q1 Speaking after qualifying for the 2021 Bahrain Grand Prix on Saturday, Wolff said Honda had done a “great job” in the off-season and have
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Japanese F1 rookie Yuki Tsunoda has insisted that his short frame and lower-than-average weight won’t give him a “big advantage” this year. READ: ‘They Are Taking A Lot Of Money’: Ecclestone Claims Hamilton Is Being ‘Used’ By BLM Tsunoda, who stands at just 157cm and weighs 58kg, explained that his lower weight won’t give him
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Scuderia AlphaTauri driver Pierre Gasly has praised Honda’s new power unit, hailing its reliability and saying it appears to be more powerful than its predecessor, though he stressed it’s impossible to get the full picture in testing. READ: Verstappen Insists Mercedes Didn’t Show Their Hand In Pre-Season Testing Scuderia AlphaTauri’s 2021 car looked strong in
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Honda F1 technical director Toyoharu Tanabe has said the Japanese car-maker believes its 2021 power unit has “exceeded” the performance of Mercedes’ 2020 engine, which was the strongest power unit in the sport last campaign. READ: Leclerc To Avoid ‘Stupid Things’ With New Ferrari Team-Mate As a result of Honda deciding to exit Formula One
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