Tokyo, Japan, August 4, 2022 – Honda and Red Bull announced to continue cooperation in the technical field where Honda through Honda Racing Corporation (HRC) decided to supply racing engines (power units) to Red Bull until the end of 2025.
HRC began its role as a provider of racing engines (power units) named Red Bull Powertrains (RBPT) for the Red Bull Racing team as well as Scuderia AlphaTauri in this 2022 Formula 1 racing season.
Until the first half of the 2022 F1 season, the Red Bull Racing team managed to top the constructors' standings with 431 points and the best performance was to win 9 wins from 13 race series.
Meanwhile also in the drivers' standings, 2021 F1 world champion – Max Verstappen also leads the standings until this half of the 2022 F1 season with 258 points and the best performance of 8 wins so far.
Honda itself actually officially ended its participation in Formula 1 racing at the end of 2021 and is committed to allocating its resources to achieve the company's goal of producing carbon-free vehicles in the future.
Honda then appointed HRC to continue Honda's role in Formula 1 racing to supply its racing engines to the Red Bull Racing and Scuderia AlphaTauri teams.
Dr. Helmut Marko, Motorsport Advisor at Red Bull Racing said “We are very grateful to Honda for the positive response that both parties agreed to continue working together until the end of 2025.
We have enjoyed a positive partnership so far where we were able to win the drivers' world title in 2021 and now we are leading the standings in both the drivers and constructors categories. We are committed to being able to win the double title at the end of this season”.
Christian Horner, Red Bull Powertrains CEO and Team Principal said “the partnership between Red Bull and Honda has been successful and we are very happy to be able to continue this partnership until the end of 2025.”
Koji Watanabe, Head of Corporate Communications Supervisory Unit, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. and President of Honda Racing Corporation said “we welcome the commitment in terms of continuing technical cooperation between the two parties.
We will continue to strive and maximize the resources we have in competing in the most prestigious auto racing event in the world.”
