Honda will be making a return to Formula 1 racing in 2015 as an engine supplier, marking its third sojourn as such. The automaker – which first started its participation in F1 in 1964 – was last involved in F1 with the Honda Racing F1 Team, exiting the sport at the end of 2008.
The Nikkei reported yesterday that Honda Motor president Takanobu Ito is likely to make an announcement of the involvement sometime soon. The daily said that Honda is expected to supply its engines to McLaren.
Next season will see the introduction of a revised engine formula, in which the current 2.4 litre V8 specification will be replaced by a 1.6 litre turbocharged V6 configuration, replete with an energy recovery system.
The report states that Honda has been conducting research and development according to the upcoming revision, and the automaker says that it plans to apply the technology obtained through its F1 racing programme to its regular cars.
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First the revival of the NSX and now F1 comeback? Is Honda getting back in the groove again? Time will tell. now Honda about the S2000 successor…..
It will be turbocharged.
w00t~ McLaren Honda minus the Marlboro livery. Lets see how they pair up this time around. :)
Good news. As Soichiro Honda once said, “Boost is cheaper than Revs”..
History shows that the strongest period of Honda F1 involvement was during the 1980s turbo era, where Honda powered cars claimed the highest number of wins compared to Renault,BMW,TAG-Porsche powered and Ferrari cars..who knows Honda could give the European F1 engine constructors a run for their money once again..
“…the automaker says that it plans to apply the technology obtained through its F1 racing programme to its regular cars”… 1.6L turbocharged hot civic? real porn!!!
maybe we can see honda civic turbo type R in future
The upcoming Euro Civic Type-R is said to have a 1.6 Turbo engine of around 260hp.
If FIA approve F1 to use Hybrid powertrain, Legendary Turbo F1 + Legendary high revving VTEC + Honda’s IMA = system crashed, too much awsomeness.
Hope Honda can do their engine well, don’t let orang putih make jokes on our Asian people!
1. Why honda want to put IMA in F1. F1 is already a hybrid since 2008 with KERS. KERS=Hybrid.
2. Vtec system is awesome in f1 but since everyone have different set up for vvt, it’s not fair for other team.
Anyway, I’m happy that they went back together.
BUt they are lacking of something.
1. Malboro livelihood
2. Arython Senna.
Brainless
Wow , so we are going to see PSA prince engine in f1 as well then.