Verstappen gifts his helmet to Honda to mark their final home race together

Max Verstappen has thanked engine manufacturer Honda on social media after taking a stunning win at the Japanese Grand Prix, gifting the Japanese manufacturer his Suzuka win helmet.

The Dutchman took his first win of the 2025 season, giving Honda a home Grand Prix win in their final home race with Red Bull before they part ways with the Austrian team.

After the 2025 season, Red Bull and Honda will no longer be working together, with the Japanese manufacturer now become Aston Martin's exclusive power supplier, while the Austrian team will switch in 2026 to inhouse manufactured engines that they will develop in partnership with Ford.

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"Thank you for everything"

Red Bull and Honda first partnered up for the 2019 season, going on to win four drivers' world championships and two constructors' titles over their seven-season period together, including their record-breaking 2023 campaign.

With it being the final Japanese Grand Prix that Red Bull and Honda will race, the Austrian team donned an all-white classic Honda livery in celebration of their time together, and Verstappen, after his superb triumph, saw fit to gift his race winning helmet to the Japanese manufacturer.

Verstappen, along with his trophy that he collected for Sunday's victory, posed with Koji Watanabe, the President of Honda Racing Corporation, handing over the signed helmet.

On it, the Dutchman wrote, "Thank you for everything," and "The Power of Dreams," the slogan of the Japanese brand, with his signature also added across the visor.