Honda's head of motorsport Yasuhisa Arai has insisted that no decision has been made with regards to McLaren's driver line-up for the 2015 campaign. Honda will return to Formula 1 in 2015 as McLaren's engine supplier and the team has yet to confirm its driver pairing for next season. Jenson Button and Kevin Magnussen currently race for the team, but persistent rumours suggest that Honda wants to make a marquee signing ahead of its Formula 1 return. But Arai insists that Honda, which revealed an […]

Returning engine supplier Honda has revealed the first image of it Power Unit, which will be used by McLaren from next season. Honda is returning to Formula 1 after a seven-year absence and has signed a long-term deal with McLaren, with whom it enjoyed a successful relationship in the late 1980s and early 1990s. "Working toward Honda's Formula 1 participation starting in the 2015 season, development of the power unit is entering its prime phase at our research and development facility in Sakura, where we […]

Honda motorsport chief Yasuhisa Arai says that the Japanese engine supplier will match runaway 2014 leaders Mercedes as they target debuting their power unit at the first 2015 test at Jerez. Honda will return to the sport after a seven year absence and will act as engine supplier to McLaren, re-forming a partnership which was highly successful in the late 1980s and early 1990s. "We are absolutely within our development plan," Arai told the Official F1 Website. "Our engine - or more precisely our power […]

McLaren racing director Eric Boullier says that the Woking-based team is planning a long-term driver line-up, and admits that he understands why Jenson Button and Kevin Magnussen may feel uncomfortable about the current uncertainty. McLaren is currently in fifth place in the Constructors' championship but next season will see the return of Honda as an engine supplier, a move which is likely to influence the team's driver pairing. Button has been with the team since 2010 while rookie Magnussen claimed a podium on his debut […]

Honda is targeting nothing other than victory as it prepares to return to Formula One in 2015. Every other engine supplier in F1 - Mercedes, Ferrari and Renault - subsidises the huge costs of producing a highly-sophisticated turbo V6 'power unit' by also selling it to customers for millions of euros. Japanese manufacturer Honda, however, is focusing solely on its works deal with McLaren. "We are not thinking about that," said Honda's F1 chief Yasuhisa Arai when asked by Speed Week about potential plans for […]

Honda has an advantage in being able to concentrate exclusively on 2015. That is the claim of Andy Cowell, who is the engine boss for F1's dominant Mercedes team. This year, the German marque is fighting for title spoils against only Renault and Ferrari, but Japanese carmaker Honda is returning to the fray in 2015 as McLaren's works partner. "There are pros and cons (for Honda)," said Cowell. He is referring to the fact that Honda is missing from the grid in 2014, the very […]

Honda is expecting their UK base to be up and running by June this year. The Japanese manufacturer is returning to the sport as a power unit supplier to McLaren, rekindling the partnership which reaped success in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Honda revealed that last month they moved their motor sports development base within Japan to further strengthen its development organization for F1 and other races. Honda also announced that the installation of the dynamo and assembly facilities at their UK base in […]