Honda leaves Formula 1 racing at the end of next season

The Japanese company "Honda", the supplier of engines in the Formula 1 World Grand Prix Championship, announced its departure from the championship at the end of the next season 2021, to put the decision of the Japanese manufacturer, once again, the "Red Bull" and "Alpha Tauri" teams, competitors in the championship, into a vortex. Return and search for engine suppliers starting in the 2022 season.

Honda’s announcement came at a press conference held in Tokyo this morning, putting an end to the Japanese engine’s presence in the Royal Formula 1 races since Honda’s return to the championship in 2015, when it partnered with the British “McLaren” team. Before the relationship ends quickly, and then moves on to supply the "Toro Rosso" team, which this season turned into "Alpha Tauri", in addition to providing the "Red Bull" team, in a partnership that paid off in the current season, by the rise of the drivers of the two teams on many occasions to platforms The coronation, most notably the victory of the Dutch "Red Bull" driver, Max Verstappen, of the "Sylvestron Circuit" race, followed last month by the victory of the French "Alpha Tauri" driver, Per Gasly, of the Italian Grand Prix.

Honda attributed its decision to withdraw from the championship again at the end of the 2021 season, to its concerns about the amount of investment required to achieve success in its ambitious project, and to donate the teams that provide it with the world championship title at the level of manufacturers.

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