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Engine deal for Honda and Aston Martin close at hand

Honda has found possible partner for 2026 engine supply

10 May 2023 at 08:52
Last update 10 May 2023 at 11:17
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  • Cas van de Kleut

After Honda announced in 2020 that they would retire from Formula 1, there are already plans to return to motorsport's royal class. The Race reports that the engine manufacturer is very likely to team up with Aston Martin.

Honda still won the drivers' championship with Red Bull Racing and its driver Max Verstappen in 2021. In the following year, the Austrian team took over the Honda engines. The Japanese engine manufacturer did remain closely involved in the project. In this year too, the drivers' title was won by the Dutchman, coincidentally also in Honda's home country. In addition, the constructors' championship was also won that year. 

Aston Martin new partner?

Now that Red Bull has found a partner in Ford, Honda will have to look for another team to supply engines to. So now The Race reports that several sources say this could well be Aston Martin. The British racing stable has previously revealed that they themselves would like to be first partner of an engine manufacturer. It has also explored the possibility of building its own engine, but that now appears not to be a possibility. So Aston Martin is looking for an alternative, which would now be Honda.