Red Bull and Honda: understand everything about their complicated partnership in F1 for 2022

While Honda has announced that it was withdrawn from Formula 1, the Japanese brand will not fully abandon motor sport.Already, Honda continues to officer in Moto GP, but they will continue to support Red Bull Racing to design and settle the first engines in the department "Red Bull Powertrains".

Honda will continue to work for Red Bull in the submarine.Honda and Red Bull have announced that their collaboration in motorsport would extend beyond F1.In addition, although the Japanese manufacturer concludes its F1 engine development project at the end of the season, Honda will continue to help the development of new Red Bull motorcycle groups throughout 2022.Red Bull Powertrains will indeed have the right to use Honda's intellectual property from 2022 to design.However, to ensure a smooth transition, Honda will support Red Bull in the construction of its own powertrain and continue to provide support for racing operations throughout the 2022 season for Red Bull Racing and the Scuderia Alpha Tauri.

Technical support will end in 2023, but some employees of the Honda F1 program based in the United Kingdom will join Red Bull Powertrains afterwards.From now on, all the manufacture and maintenance of engines will be the sole responsibility of the company manufacturer in energy drinks.However, Honda said they wanted to continue its promotion of motorsport in Japan, with the ultimate aim of bringing more Japanese pilots in high level races.To facilitate this, the two companies will extend their cooperation to various forms of motorsport and other sports and marketing activities.

Not really departure from F1

The announcements were not completely unexpected, Yuki Tsunoda, supported by Honda, was already guaranteed to keep his seat with Alpha Tauri for 2022, despite results much less impressive than those of his teammate, Pierre Gasly."I am happy that we have concluded an agreement with Red Bull Group covering all the details of the intellectual property rights of the F1 engine, and in this way, Honda can still contribute to the world of motor racing," said Koji Watanabe, chefHonda.

The boss of Red Bull, Christain Horner, is happy that the partnership goes to a new phase: "The collaboration of Red Bull with Honda was a huge success and although our relationship in Formula 1 changes, none of us wishes thateither the end of the story (...) We are very happy that our ambitious and fascinating project of Red Bull Powertrains is strongly supported by Honda, technically and operationally in 2022, and this will help ensure that the transition from Red Bull to the status of a motorizer is done without hit-he.

Motor sport, always a priority

Although it is still not clear if the Honda brand will remain on Red Bull Racing and Alpha Tauri cars beyond the 2021 season, it has also been announced that all activities related to motorsport would now be known under theHOND (Honda Racing Corporation) appellation).HRC has successfully managed the Honda Moto GP department for many years.This decision would strengthen the activities and the brand image of the Japanese company in the field of motorsport, by integrating all the technologies and experiences acquired in F1 and Moto GP.