LCP@lemmy.world to Formula 1@lemmy.world · 1 day ago[Thomas Maher] Red Bull will confirm its driver lineups for the 2026 season on Tuesday, Laurent Mekies has confirmed.bsky.appexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up119arrow-down10
arrow-up119arrow-down1external-link[Thomas Maher] Red Bull will confirm its driver lineups for the 2026 season on Tuesday, Laurent Mekies has confirmed.bsky.appLCP@lemmy.world to Formula 1@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-squarewoelkchen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 hours ago Honda announced they were walking away, but they never did. Well, engine development was shut down for quite some time. The Sakura crew was reassigned to different areas within Honda, so these people were still available but the UK crew was transferred to Red Bull. A new UK base was only reopened in 2024: https://honda.racing/post/honda-racing-corporation-hrc-establishes-a-new-formula-one-base-in-the-uk The majority of the 2026 Honda engine for Aston Martin is developed by Honda/HRC in Japan and HRC USA (formerly HPD, Honda Performance Development): https://hondanews.com/en-US/honda-racing/releases/release-63b0bd89adfbb0b817837ec2c5000f6e-honda-racing-corporation-usa-launches (no idea about the workload share since HRC UK has reopened)
Well, engine development was shut down for quite some time. The Sakura crew was reassigned to different areas within Honda, so these people were still available but the UK crew was transferred to Red Bull. A new UK base was only reopened in 2024: https://honda.racing/post/honda-racing-corporation-hrc-establishes-a-new-formula-one-base-in-the-uk
The majority of the 2026 Honda engine for Aston Martin is developed by Honda/HRC in Japan and HRC USA (formerly HPD, Honda Performance Development): https://hondanews.com/en-US/honda-racing/releases/release-63b0bd89adfbb0b817837ec2c5000f6e-honda-racing-corporation-usa-launches (no idea about the workload share since HRC UK has reopened)